Banned Forecasts: The Lethal Silence of the Tri-State Tornado

It was the deadliest tornado in United States history. In March 1925, a massive, mile-wide funnel carved a continuous 219-mile path of absolute destruction across Missouri, Illinois, and Indiana, killing 695 people. But the true tragedy was that the victims had no warning, because the government had legally banned the word "e;tornado."e;At the time, the U.S. Weather Bureau operated under the absur...