List of tornadoes causing 100 or more deaths

This is a list of the deadliest tornadoes in world history. This list includes confirmed individual tornadoes that caused 100 or more direct fatalities.

The deadliest tornadoes by far have occurred in a small area of Bangladesh and East India. In this 8,000-square-mile (21,000 km²) area, 24 of the 42 tornadoes which are known to have killed 100 or more people occurred.^[1] This is probably due to the high population density and poor economic status of the area, as well as a lack of early warning system.^[1]

Most of the rest occurred in the United States in 1953 or earlier, before tornado prediction efforts began. The only tornado on this list to occur during the 21st century is the Joplin tornado, which occurred on May 22, 2011.