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April 22

• 1882 – An F4 tornado destroyed Monticello, Mississippi, leaving only three homes standing on the edge of town. Ten people were killed and 100 were injured. Other tornadoes killed an additional eight people across the Southeastern United States, including five deaths from an F2 tornado south of Selma, Alabama.
• 1883 – An extremely deadly tornado outbreak struck the Southeastern United States and left at least 101 people dead. A long-track F4 tornado completely destroyed Beauregard, Mississippi and devastated parts of Wesson and Georgetown, killing at least 56 people. Potentially more than 100 people died between this tornado and another, which started near Georgetown and killed at least 11 people.