(Reuters) – Officials claim that a swarming tornado that ripped across six U.S. States left more than 70 dead in Kentucky, destroying homes and businesses.

This devastation is the latest in a series of destructive tornadoes to hit the United States. In this country, twisters are more frequent than any other nation in the world. These are the five deadliest tornadoes:

TORNADO TRI-STATE, 18 March 1925

Tri-State Tornado in 1925, Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, was the most deadly tornado in U.S history. The National Weather Service reported that 695 people were killed, 2,000 were hurt, and 15,000 houses were destroyed by a tornado that ripped through the three states within three hours.

TUPELO, MISSISSIPPI/GAINESVILLE, GEORGIA, April 5, 6, 1936

According to the National Weather Service, Tupelo was struck by at least one tornado on April 5. It claimed the lives of 216 people. According to the Mississippi Encyclopedia: The tornado left more than $3 million in property damage and destroyed the city’s water tank. It also damaged the hospital.

On the following day, Gainesville in Georgia was destroyed by another tornado from the same storm system. According to the National Weather Service, 203 people were killed in the storm. According to the Digital Library of Georgia, minutes after tornadoes struck the commercial area of the city, several fires broke out in the surrounding areas, including one garment factory, where sixty people were killed.

JOPLIN (MISSOURI), May 22, 2011.

According to the city, a tornado with winds up to 200 miles an hour (322.2 kph), that was three-quarters mile wide killed 161 persons on May 22, 2011. It touched down near the edge of the town and then traveled across the entire city.

FLINT, MICHIGAN, June 8, 1953

According to the National Weather Service, it was the most severe natural disaster that Michigan has seen in the 20th century. The tornado that struck Flint’s Beecher District on June 8, 1953, was thought to have killed 116 people. One of the eight reported tornadoes in Michigan on that day claimed the lives of 116 and left 844 others injured.

1953 was one of the most severe tornado seasons in America. One other tornado in Waco, Texas killed 114 people the day before. Ninety-eight people were killed in Worcester, Massachusetts by a second tornado that had been spawned the same storm.

SHINNSTON, WEST VIRGINIA, June 23, 1944

According to National Weather Service, 100 victims were killed in Shinnston’s tornado. This tornado was the most severe in a string that left more than 1000 people dead and caused 3,000 injuries throughout Ohio, West Virginia, and Pennsylvania.

According to West Virginia Metro News, residents thought that they were being bombarded when World War Two was underway. After power went out, hospitals in the region were left to care for patients with candles, West Virginia Public Broadcasting reports. One hospital was given a generator by a travelling circus.