The United States is more liable to tornadoes than any other part of the
globe. In the United States over 3,000 people have been killed by
tornadoes and thousands more have been injured. The greatest loss of
lives recorded by tornadoes was at Adams City, Miss., on June 16, 1842,
when 500 lives were lost.
The most remarkable hail storm was that of July 13, 1788, through France
to Belgium, and did a property damage of over five million dollars.
There have been many destructive hailstorms in the United States. One on
July 6, 1878, at central New York extended into parts of Massachusetts,
Rhode Island and Connecticut. Stones fell recorded to measure 7 inches
in diameter.