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4 unusual facts about April 25–28, 2011 tornado outbreak


Bay, Arkansas

At 3:01 PM on April 27, 2011, a tornado hit Bay as part of the April 25–28, 2011 tornado outbreak.

May 21–26, 2011 tornado outbreak sequence

April 2011 was the most active month for tornadoes on record, capped by a very large tornado outbreak (the largest on record) that killed more than 324 people in the final week.

Overall, the tornado outbreak resulted in 184 deaths, 6 of those non-tornadic, making it second only to the April 25–28, 2011 tornado outbreak as the deadliest since 1974, and the second costliest tornado outbreak in US history behind that same April 2011 outbreak, with insured damage estimated at $4–7 billion.

The Secret Sisters

Their song "Tomorrow Will Be Kinder", inspired by the 2011 Alabama tornado outbreak, is featured on the soundtrack for The Hunger Games.


Alberto Seixas Santos

Seixas Santos was one of the directors of As Armas e o Povo (1975), directed by a group of film-makers, which portraits the week between the April 25 and the May 1 1974.

Amália Rodrigues

During the frenetic post-April 25, 1974 period she was falsely accused of being a covert agent of the PIDE, causing some trauma to her public life and career.

Piccadilly Restaurants

Some of the most notable servings include Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, where over 100,000 meals were served, and the April 2011 tornadoes in Chattanooga, Tennessee and nearby locales in Southeast Tennessee and North Georgia, where over 12,000 meals were served.


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