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The tornadoes in Grand Island, Nebraska killed five, injured 200, and caused an estimated more than $285 million ($1.02 billion 2022 USD) in damage. In Nebraska, tornado warnings allowed people to get to safety in time, which prevented a higher death toll. The South Locust Street area in Grand Island was hardest hit, struck by the fifth tornado ...
The Nebraska governor's office estimated a damage toll of $150–200 million (1975 USD; equivalent to $0.8–1.1 billion in 2023), making the tornado the costliest tornado in U.S. history and the costliest natural disaster in Nebraska history at the time. [12]
A tornado watch has been issued for parts of western Oklahoma and northwest Texas until 1 p.m. Saturday, with the potential for tennis ball-sized hail and winds reaching up to 70 mph, per CNN.
Tied with the 2011 Super Outbreak for fourth-deadliest US tornado outbreak. Produced numerous violent tornadoes in the Southern United States and Great Plains, including an F5 tornado in Nebraska. One long-track tornado killed 143 people alone in Louisiana and Mississippi. See, e.g., Wilmer, Louisiana. (≥34 significant, ≥6 violent, ≥13 ...
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 ...
Tornado outbreak sequence of June 20–23, 1957; May 1960 tornado outbreak sequence; Tornado outbreak sequence of May 14–31, 1962; 1964 Central Nebraska tornado; Early May 1965 tornado outbreak; Tornado outbreak sequence of June 1966; Tornado outbreak of August 6, 1969; Tornado outbreak sequence of June 10–16, 1970; 1975 Omaha tornado outbreak
As the Dominator 3 approached the tornado, video captured by Timmer showed the roaring size of the tornado along the Nebraska Sandhills. Storm Chaser Jordan Hall was in the vehicle with Timmer as ...
That day, four F4 tornadoes affected portions of eastern Nebraska and western Iowa, killing at least 168 people. The deadliest tornado of the day was a violent tornado , retroactively rated F4 on the present-day Fujita scale, [ note 3 ] that grew to 1 ⁄ 4 mile (440 yd ) in width as it passed through northern Omaha , Nebraska , killing at ...