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An F4 tornado that destroyed a large portion of the town and left many of its victims violently dismembered. It is thought that the high death toll was caused by the rural town's lack of suitable infrastructure and use of corrugated metal. 1938 Bakerville, Missouri tornado outbreak: March 15, 1938: Mississippi Valley – 24 fatalities, 200 injuries
The tornado ravaged a southeast Arlington neighborhood near Bardin and Matlock roads about 7 p.m. Several retail businesses and a gas station were heavily damaged, roofs were ripped off and ...
Heartbreaking images show how a picturesque North Carolina mountain village was all but wiped off the map by Hurricane ... mountain town destroyed by Hurricane Helene as death toll surpasses 100 ...
When a tornado strikes a city, it is occasionally very difficult to determine whether it was a tornadic event at all or if the affected area was indeed the "downtown", "city center", or "central business district" consisting of very high population density and mid to high-rises, as opposed to other heavily urbanized/built-up parts of the city ...
It was the second tornado in Texas history to strike the downtown area of a city of comparable size, with the first being the 1953 Waco tornado, [14] [c] and one of the most destructive to hit any U.S. city. [19] As the tornado struck after nightfall, no photographs were taken of the twister. [6]
Some accounts give death toll as 101. Deadliest accident on New York City subway, deadliest rail disaster in city's history and deadliest mass-transit accident in U.S. history. 93 1939 1939 California tropical storm: Tropical cyclone Southern California: Including 48 offshore deaths 93 2021 Hurricane Ida: Tropical cyclone
A preliminary assessment shows the deadly Smokehouse Creek Fire in Texas has destroyed as many as 500 structures since it ignited on Feb. 26, ... “You want to take pictures of the damage, and ...
International Savings & Exchange Bank Building (1954): Demolished by the city government of Los Angeles. [3] MGM Silent and Early Sound Film Archive (1965): A fire in one of the studio's archival vaults destroyed the only copies of hundreds of silent and early sound era MGM films. [4] Richfield Tower (1969): Demolished to clear site for City ...