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The 1953 Worcester tornado was an extremely powerful and destructive tornado that struck the city of Worcester, Massachusetts and surrounding areas on Tuesday, June 9, 1953, the final day of the Flint–Worcester tornado outbreak sequence. It stayed on the ground for 48 miles (77 km) and 78 minutes.
The worst tornado on record in Massachusetts was June 9, 1953, when a tornado that was a mile wide ripped through Worcester and the surrounding area, lasting nearly 90 minutes. The path stretched ...
July 16, 1879: Two people were killed by a tornado in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. [9] July 26, 1890: A tornado killed eight people in Lawrence, Massachusetts. [10] July 4, 1898: A tornado struck Hampton Beach, New Hampshire, a popular resort town. More than 100 people sought refuge in the skating rink, and three people were killed and 120 ...
The 2011 New England Tornado Outbreak was a tornado outbreak on June 1, 2011, that impacted the states of Massachusetts and Maine in New England. A total of six tornadoes touched down in both western Massachusetts and western Maine.
The deadliest tornado in modern U.S. history struck Joplin, Missouri, on May 22, 2011. It was the deadliest tornado since SPC records began in 1950. Nearly 1,000 were injured. The EF5 tornado had ...
Deadliest tornado in New Jersey history. Great Natchez Tornado: May 7, 1840: Southeastern United States >1: 317+ fatalities, 109+ injuries: Second-deadliest tornado in U.S. history September 1845 New York outbreak: September 20, 1845: New York, Vermont >5 – Multiple long-track tornadoes crossed upstate New York
It included two tornadoes that caused at least 90 deaths each—an F5 tornado occurring in Flint, Michigan, on June 8 and an F4 tornado in Worcester, Massachusetts, on June 9. [nb 1] [nb 2] These tornadoes are among the deadliest in United States history and were caused by the same storm system that moved eastward across the nation.
Two tornadoes caused damage in northeastern Connecticut and eastern Massachusetts amid downpours over the weekend.