The deadliest twister in recorded U.S. history struck 100 years ago Tuesday, touching down in southeastern Missouri and tearing up everything in its 219-mile (352-kilometer) path for nearly four hours through southern Illinois and into Indiana.

Tuesday will mark a somber anniversary, as it will be 100 years since the deadliest tornado in the country’s history ripped through Missouri, Illinois and Indiana.

Tuesday will mark a somber anniversary, as it will be 100 years since the deadliest tornado in the country’s history hit Illinois.

Tornadoes whipped through Missouri on Friday night, ripping apart homes, businesses, and the electrical system. Gov. Mike Kehoe’s Office says at least 12 people have been killed and one person is still missing from the severe weather.

Meanwhile, the severe weather threat will linger through Sunday from Florida northward into the upper Ohio River Valley, forecasters warned.

Several states throughout the Midwest and South reported tornadoes overnight, with widespread damage and multiple fatalities reported in Missouri. KSDK's Megan Kernan and Travis Cummings report on the latest damage.

Residents are surveying damage from unusually vicious weather in multiple U.S. states where violent twisters, blinding dust storms and fast-moving wildfires decimated entire neighborhoods.

The National Weather Service has confirmed three tornados so far from Friday’s severe weather. According to NWS, the three tornados were: From Villa Ridge to Fox Creek (EF 2) From near More Mill to just south of Arnold (EF 2) From north of Bourbon to just south of Union (EF 1) The NWS says the EF-2 tornado that developed near Village Creek moved over 13 miles northeast with maximum estimated winds of 130 mph.

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Multiple people have died amid an outbreak of severe weather across the South that forecasters warn could include "violent" tornadoes, high winds, thunderstorms and flash flooding on Saturday. Two people died and others were injured in a suspected tornado that touched down in the Bakersfield area of southern Missouri,