'A dreadful cyclone that came this way’ — the legacy of Rye Cove, Virginia’s deadliest tornado, 96 years later

'A dreadful cyclone that came this way’ — the legacy of Rye Cove, Virginia’s deadliest tornado, 96 years later

An infamous Virginia weather event remembered in story and song has kept its deadly place atop the record book for almost a century, a record no one with the least shred of empathy would hope is ever passed.The Rye Cove tornado of May 2, 1929, that swept away 13 lives — 12 students and a teacher — as it splintered a schoolhouse with 150 inside, most of whom were injured, in Southwest Virginia’s Scott County remains Virginia’s deadliest tornado 9…