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While most of the tornado's 18.6-mile-path (29.9 km) went through rural farmland, the majority of the devastation was concentrated in the Beecher district. [4] 113 of the 116 fatalities from the tornado occurred in Beecher, including 54 children under the age of 18 with multiple deaths occurring in 20 families. The two greatest losses were ...
An extremely devastating and deadly tornado outbreak sequence impacted the Midwestern and Northeastern United States at the beginning of June 1953. 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.
An F2 tornado skipped northeastward through the college section of Texarkana, Arkansas, causing considerable damage to homes, trees, and vehicles, although there were no casualties. [6] [59] Another long-tracked F2 tornado touched down in Fayette, Mississippi and struck Downtown Jackson along its 96.7-mile-path (155.6 km). Although there were ...
The 1953 Flint–Worcester tornado outbreak, which included the incredibly deadly Flint-Beecher tornado, produced seven tornadoes in northern Ohio. Henry, Wood, Sandusky, Erie, Lorain and Cuyahoga ...
1899 New Richmond tornado: 10: Flint—Beecher, Michigan: 1953 June 8: 116 844 F5 1953 Flint–Beecher tornado: 11: Waco, Texas: 1953 May 11: 114 597 F5 1953 Waco tornado outbreak, (Grazulis, p. 970) Goliad, Texas: 1902 May 18: 114 250 F4 1902 Goliad, Texas, tornado: 13: Omaha, Nebraska: 1913 March 23: 103 350 F4 Tornado outbreak sequence of ...
A widespread, destructive, and deadly tornado outbreak sequence affected the Southeastern United States from April 28 to May 2, 1953, producing 24 tornadoes, including five violent F4 tornadoes. The deadliest event of the sequence was an F4 tornado family that ravaged Robins Air Force Base in Warner Robins, Georgia , on April 30, killing at ...
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.
Officials are still working to determine the exact tornado path which ravaged Middle T ennessee on Saturday.The National Weather Service in Nashville said it plans to have three crews working ...