 this article lists various tornado records. the most extreme tornado in recorded history was the tri-state tornado, which roared through parts of missouri, illinois, and indiana on march 18, 1925. it was likely an f5, though tornadoes were not ranked on any scale in that era. it holds records for longest path length at , longest duration at about 3.5 hours, and fastest forward speed for a significant tornado at  anywhere on earth. in addition, it is the deadliest single tornado in united states history (695 dead). it was also the second costliest tornado in history at the time, but has been surpassed by several others non-normalized. when costs are normalized for wealth and inflation, it still ranks third today. the deadliest tornado in world history was the daulatpurâsaturia tornado in bangladesh on april 26, 1989, which killed approximately 1,300 people. bangladesh has had at least 19 tornadoes in its history kill more than 100 people, almost half of the total for the rest of the world. for 37 years, the most extensive tornado outbreak on record, in almost every category, was the super outbreak, which affected a large area of the central united states and extreme southern ontario in canada on april 3 and april 4, 1974. not only did this outbreak feature an incredible 148 tornadoes in only 18 hours, but an unprecedented number of them were violent; 7 were of f5 intensity and 23 were f4. this outbreak had a staggering 16 tornadoes on the ground at the same time at the peak of the outbreak. more than 300 people, possibly as many as 330, were killed by tornadoes during this outbreak. however, this record was later broken during the april 25â28, 2011 tornado outbreak, which resulted in 355 tornadoes and 324 tornadic fatalities.{{cite web| url = http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/extremes/1999/april/tornout.pdf| title = tornado outbreak of april
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