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December 26

• 1916 – A probable tornado family up to F4 intensity killed 12 people and hundreds of cattle on an 80-mile (130 km) path through central and eastern Arkansas, with deaths near England, Carlisle, and Des Arc. An F3 tornado on a parallel path killed five people near Pine Bluff and Sherrill, Arkansas. Two others died near Tallulah, Louisiana and in Washington County, Mississippi.
• 2015 – A tornado outbreak started on December 26, spawning 32 total tornadoes across the southeastern and central United States, particularly in Texas. The outbreak damaged hundreds of homes, inflicting $40 million in damage. The worst damage was from an EF4 tornado that destroyed 400 homes in Sunnyvale, Garland, and Rowlett, Texas, killing 10 people and injuring more than 400; Nine died when vehicles were swept from under a highway overpass. Two people died and 119 were injured in an EF2 tornado near Copeville, Texas.