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From May 4–6, 2007, a major and damaging tornado outbreak significantly affected portions of the Central United States.The most destructive tornado in the outbreak occurred on the evening of May 4 in western Kansas, where about 95% of the city of Greensburg in Kiowa County was destroyed by an EF5 tornado, the first of the new Enhanced Fujita Scale and such intensity since the 1999 Bridge ...
The town of Greensburg, Kansas, suffered total devastation from the United States' first EF5 tornado in eight years. In early May 2007, a significant tornado outbreak affected the Central United States. Over a three-day period from May 4–6, a total of 132 tornadoes touched down across seven states.
Clockwise from top: The tornado, as seen from a highway. At this point, the tornado has taken on a large "wedge" shape, [note 1] a heavily damaged house in Greensburg, a radar image of the supercell that produced the tornado, disaster recovery workers clearing debris from Greensburg, damage to downtown Greensburg, which took a direct hit from the tornado.
A storage warehouse had major damage when it was hit by an EF-2 tornado Wednesday night outside of Rossville. That tornado traveled 4.7 miles, had a max width of 200 yards and produced estimated ...
The storms that hit Kansas on Sunday night contained brief tornadoes, 100 mph wind gusts and golf ball size hail, according to a report published by the National Weather Service on Wednesday.. It ...
An EF-5 tornado struck the Kiowa County town west of Wichita on May 4, 2007. Skip to main content. Sign in. Mail. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to ...
The tornado outbreak of February 28 – March 2, 2007 was a deadly tornado outbreak across the southern United States that began in Kansas on February 28, 2007. The severe weather spread eastward on March 1 and left a deadly mark across the southern US, particularly in Alabama and Georgia. Twenty deaths were reported; one in Missouri, nine in ...
Truck being crushed by a tree during the Brooklyn tornado on August 8, 2007. An EF2 tornado struck New York City at 6:30 am EDT (10:30 UTC) on August 8. The hardest-hit area was the Bay Ridge area of Brooklyn, where many trees—as much as 40% of the trees in Sunset Park were knocked down and several homes and buildings lost part of their roofs ...