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Tornado Fatalities by State and Circumstances, 1999-2013
Here are tornado fatalities by state and circumstances for select years from 1999 to present. 2013 2012 2011 2010…Helena
(Encyclopedia) Helena. 1 City (2020 pop. 20,633), Jefferson and Shelby cos., central Ala.; inc. 1877. White settlers began to occupy the area after…Lorenz, Edward Norton
(Encyclopedia) Lorenz, Edward Norton, 1917–2008, American meteorologist and pioneer of chaos theory, b. West Hartford, Conn., Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1948. Lorenz became…El Dorado, city, United States
(Encyclopedia) El Dorado El Dorado ĕl dərāˈdə [key]. <1> City (2020 pop. 17,756), seat of Union co., S…Branson
(Encyclopedia) Branson, city (2020 pop. 12,638), Taney and Stone cos., SW Mo.; inc. 1912. Located in the Ozark mountains, the town was originally…wind
(Encyclopedia) wind, flow of air relative to the earth's surface. A wind is named according to the point of the compass from which it blows, e.g., a wind blowing from the north is a north wind. The…Greensburg
(Encyclopedia) Greensburg. 1 City (2020 pop. 14,976), seat of Westmoreland co., SW Pa.; settled c.1770, inc. as a city 1928. Located in a coal area,…Baum, L. Frank
(Encyclopedia) Baum, L. Frank (Lyman Frank Baum)Baum, L. Frankbôm [key], 1856–1919, American journalist, playwright, and author of children's stories, b. Chittenango, N.Y. He and his family moved to…Greenwood
(Encyclopedia) Greenwood.1 City (2020 pop. 9,516 ), seat of Sebastian co., NW Ark.; founded 1851. It was the first county seat for the area, when its…East Saint Louis
(Encyclopedia) East Saint Louis East Saint Louis l&oomacr;ˈĭs [key], city (2020 pop. 25,377), St. Clair co., SW…