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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.
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.
June 1, 2011: A strong tornado killed three people in western Massachusetts, striking downtown Springfield. [21] [22] Only two tornadoes in the history of New England have killed more than 10 people: the 1953 Worcester Tornado and the 1878 Wallingford tornado. The Worcester Tornado killed as many as 94 people in Worcester, Massachusetts, on ...
The Worcester tornado of 1953. 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 ...
Thomas Grazulis grew up in Worcester, Massachusetts and first confronted the power of a tornado at age 11 following the violent 1953 Worcester tornado, an F4 which killed 94 people and passed approximately 1 mi (1.6 km) north of his childhood home.
An F4 tornado that struck Worcester, Massachusetts, killed 94 people and may have reached F5 status as well. (26 significant, 6 violent, 7 killer) [36] [37] Tornado outbreak of June 27, 1953: June 27, 1953: North Dakota, Iowa: 5: 1 fatality, 5 injures: A violent F5 tornado obliterated farms east of Anita, Iowa. It was part of small outbreak ...
Grazulis has stated that this tornado should have been rated F5 (Grazulis, p. 974). He also stated that the previously reported death toll of 90 is incorrect, based on overwhelming evidence in John O’Toole's book Tornado! 84 Minutes, 94 Lives [4] 1953 Worcester Tornado: 21: DeWitt/Camanche, Iowa—Albany/Morrison Township, Illinois: 1860 June ...
The heavy rain on Sunday also sent treated and untreated sewage into the Blackstone River in Worcester. 'Never seen a rotation like that': North Brookfield fire chief marvels at tornado's power ...