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The 2011 Joplin tornado was a large and devastating multiple-vortex tornado that struck Joplin, Missouri, United States, on the evening of Sunday, May 22, 2011.Part of a larger late-May tornado outbreak, the EF5 tornado began just west of Joplin and intensified very quickly, reaching a maximum width of nearly one mile (1.6 km) during its path through the southern part of the city.
The 1967 Oak Lawn tornado outbreak was a destructive tornado outbreak and severe weather event that occurred on April 21, 1967, across the central Midwest, in particular the towns of Belvidere and Oak Lawn, Illinois, United States. Locally known as 'Black Friday,' it was the largest tornado outbreak of 1967 and one of the most notable to ever ...
There were 40 tornadoes with deaths at schools (234 deaths) before 1953 and 6 events (52 deaths) after that year (not including the probable downburst in New York). Two high fatality events after 1953 occurred in Mississippi (23 in 1955) and Illinois (13 in 1967); accounting for 82% of 1952–2006 deaths, both from violent class tornadoes.
Gloucester County Public Schools is a Virginia public school division serving Gloucester County, Virginia . The school division operates eight schools: five elementary (grades K -5), two intermediate (grades 6–8), and one high school (grades 9–12). There have been numerous proposals for the school system to switch to year-round school like ...
Show comments. On May 12, 2023, Extreme Meteorologist Reed Timmer and his team accomplished an exceptionally difficult task -- intercepting a tornado in an armored vehicle. The terrifying and ...
The most significant tornado outbreak of 1967 struck the Midwestern United States, killing 58 people, all in Illinois, and injuring 1,118. The deadliest tornado of the outbreak was an F4 tornado that devastated the south side of Chicago and surrounding suburbs, killing 33 and injuring 500. [5]
Damage is widespread across Middle Tennessee Saturday after the National Weather Service issue tornado warnings for multiple counties, with an unconfirmed number of touchdowns across the area ...
Debris is piled up at East End United Methodist Church Wednesday, March 4, 2020 in Nashville, Tenn., after a tornado touched down the day before. “I knew what it’s like to be in an unmoored space.