<page_title> Tornado outbreak sequence of May 1896 </page_title> <section_title> May 27 event </section_title> <table> <cell> 255 deaths — See article on this tornado — Third-deadliest tornado in US history, caused near-F5 damage in East St. Louis. <col_header> List of confirmed tornadoes - May 27, 1896 </col_header> </cell> </table>
Tornado killed 255 people.