Bangladesh, March 17 -- year-old girl, Othella Silvey, stood on the top floor of Logan School, looking for her home just two blocks away. But after a powerful tornado tore through Murphysboro, Illinois, on March 18, 1925, she saw nothing but destruction.

"She couldn't even tell which direction home was," recalled her daughter, 81-year-old Sylvia Carvell.

The Deadliest Tornado in U.S. History

The devastating tornado-the deadliest in U.S. history-touched down in southeastern Missouri before cutting a 219-mile (352-kilometer) path of destruction through southern Illinois and into Indiana. Over nearly four hours, it killed 695 people and injured more than 2,000. In addition, at least seven other twisters spun off from the main storm, causi...