The Tri-State Tornado of 1925 was the deadliest tornado strike in American history?? tearing through three states and killing 700 people. Almost a century later?? the Joplin Tornado was a mile-wide monster that nearly destroyed the heart of a vibrant city. The author of the New York Times best-selling I Survived series now brings you the vivid and true stories of two young people who survived these terrifying twisters?? along with fascinating facts about tornadoes and profiles of the well-respected scientists and storm chasers who study them.