Tornado outbreak of April 23-25, 2016

From April 23-25, 2016, the largest and the deadliest tornado outbreak ever recorded will/would occur, that would affect the Southern, and Central  United States and leaving catastrophic destruction in its wake. The outbreak hit Dallas, Texas, Central Alabama and Mississippi the hardest, but it also produced destructive tornadoes in Arkansas,Georgia, Tennessee,Kansas and affected many other areas throughout the Southern and Eastern United States. In total, 355 tornadoes were confirmed by the National Weather Service (NWS) and Environment Canadain 21 states from Texas to New York to southern Canada. Widespread and destructive tornadoes occurred on each day of the outbreak, with April 24 being the most active day with a record of 397 tornadoes touching down that day from midnight to midnight CDT (0500 – 0500 UTC). Four of the tornadoes were destructive enough to be rated EF5, which is the highest ranking possible on the Enhanced Fujita scale; typically these tornadoes are only recorded about once each year or less.

In total, 1,435 people were killed as a result of the outbreak, which includes 355 tornado-related deaths across eight states and an additional 1,000 fatalities in Dallas alone. caused by other thunderstorm-related events such as straight-line winds,hail, flash flooding or lightning. In Alabama, 338 tornado-related deaths were confirmed by the Storm Prediction Center (SPC) and the state's Emergency Management Agency.[2][8]

April 24 had the most tornado-related fatalities in the United States in a single day since the April 25–28, 2011 tornado outbreak, when at least 324 people were killed.[10][11][12][13] Nearly 900 preliminary local storm reports were received for tornadoes over four days, including 692 in 16 states on April 24 alone.[14] This event was the costliest tornado outbreak and costliest natural disaster since Hurricane Katrina in 2005. in United States history (even after adjustments for inflation), with total damages of approximately $6 quadrillion (2016 USD).[1]