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On Monday, June 8, 1953, an exceptionally violent tornado struck the north side of Flint, Michigan and the northern suburb of Beecher, causing catastrophic damage and hundreds of casualties.
One of the nation's most devastating natural disasters occurred in the Flint, Michigan's Beecher district on Monday, June 8th, 1953, resulting in 116 deaths and injuring 844. To date, this F5 intensity tornado was the last one in the United States to result in over 100 fatalities.
The violent F-5 tornado touched down just north of Flint on the evening of June 8, 1953. It killed 116 people and injured 844.
The Flint-Beecher Tornado was just one of eight tornadoes that occurred during that evening across the eastern portion of the Lower Peninsula. Total tornado fatalities on June 8th, 1953: 126. Total tornado injuries on June 8th, 1953: 925.
Jeff Rauschert | Flint Journal. The generally accepted death toll from the Beecher tornado of June 8, 1953, has been 116. A few factors complicate the issue: • 115 people in Genesee County died...
On June 8, 1953, the deadliest tornado in Michigan history struck the northern Flint community of Beecher-- killing 116 and injuring 844 along its path.
Flint-Beecher, MI F5 Tornado - June 8, 1953. It is considered Michigan's worst natural disaster in terms of deaths and injuries (NWS). Official death toll of 116 - Ranks as #10 in the top 25 of...
On the evening of June 8, 1953, a F5 tornado ripped through the Beecher community, killing 116 people and destroying nearly 350 houses. The tornado remains one of the nation's most deadly.
Beecher Tornado of 1953. Tragedy often tears a city apart. One disaster in Flint, however, brought the community together. Around 8:30pm on June 8, 1953 a tornado struck without warning. The twister cut a path of destruction along Coldwater Road between Clio Road and Dort Highway.
At about 8:30 pm, on Monday evening, June 8, 1953, a tornado touched down near the intersection of W. Coldwater and North Linden roads, just north of Flint. Before the storm left Genesee County, 116 people died in the Beecher district. A one half mile wide track of destruction was left.