The so-called “storm of the century” hit the eastern part of the
United States, killing hundreds and causing millions of dollars
in damages, on November 25, 1950.

Also known as the “Appalachian Storm,” it dumped record
amounts of snow in parts of the Appalachian Mountains.

Forming over North Carolina just before Thanksgiving, the
storm quickly moved north, striking western Pennsylvania,
eastern Ohio and West Virginia.

In what came to be known as “Black Sunday,” one of the
most devastating storms of the 1930s Dust Bowl era
swiped across the region on April 14, 1935.

The worst tornado in U.S. history passed through eastern
Missouri, southern Illinois, and southern Indiana, killing
695 people, injuring some 13,000 people, and causing $17
million in property damage.

Known as the “Tri-State Tornado,” the deadly twister began
its northeast track in Ellington, Missouri, but wreaked its
worst damage in southern Illinois. More than 500 of the total
695 people who perished were killed there, including 234 in
Murphysboro and 127 in West Frankfort.

BAKERSFIELD, Mo.(FOX NEWS) – At least 18 people are dead
across three states following a widespread and dangerous
severe weather outbreak, which started on Friday and has
continued during the first half of the weekend.

Most of the destruction was in southeastern Missouri, where
the state’s highway patrol said six deaths occurred in Wayne
County, three were reported in Ozark County and two were
confined in Butler and Jefferson counties. St. Louis County
police said a woman there was found dead near electrical
lines in the backyard of her home.

The so-called “storm of the century” hit the eastern part of the
United States, killing hundreds and causing millions of dollars
in damages, on November 25, 1950.

The storm was unique, however, because it featured not only
extremely strong winds and heavy snow, but both record high
and low temperatures.