Louisville, KY Tornado, Mar 1890

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On March 27, 1890 Louisville was devastated and its downtown nearly destroyed when an F4 tornado tore through as part of the March 1890 Mid-Mississippi Valley tornado outbreak. An estimated 74 to 120 people were killed.  Other reports indicate that hundreds of people were killed and hundreds more injured.

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