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Valley Brooke to Dell City to Choctaw: Oklahoma: OK: 21:25–? 20 mi (32 km) 400 yd (370 m) 8 deaths — Between the three towns, 160 homes were destroyed. In total, the tornado killed eight people, injured 200 others, and caused $1 million (1945 USD) in damage. [1] [5] Most of the casualties occurred in families of personnel at Tinker Air ...
Several destructive tornadoes have hit the state of Oklahoma since 1882, the year with the first recorded tornado within state boundaries. Oklahoma, located in Tornado Alley, experiences around 68 tornadoes annually, with each EF3+ tornado killing an average of 2.9 people. 497 tornadoes have been classified as "intense" in Oklahoma, being rated F3+ on the Fujita Scale [note 1] or EF3+ on the ...
World War II deaths by country World War II deaths by theater. World War II was the deadliest military conflict in history.An estimated total of 70–85 million deaths were caused by the conflict, representing about 3% of the estimated global population of 2.3 billion in 1940. [1]
Tornado alley has changed and shifted over the years, but as of 2023 Accuweather lists eight states as being part of this area with a unique combination of geographic and meteorological factors ...
April 25, 1893: Two tornadoes caused damage in Norman and Moore, with the second tornado killing 31 people and injuring “many” others.The National Weather Service Norman, Oklahoma identified this as a “significant” tornado and one of the “five strong/violent” that day in Oklahoma, suggesting the 1.25 miles (2.01 km) wide tornado was at least equivalent to F2 intensity and possibly ...
List of tornadoes in the 1999 Oklahoma tornado outbreak; 1999 Oklahoma tornado outbreak; 1999 Bridge Creek–Moore tornado; Tornado outbreak of April 23, 2000; Tornado outbreak of April 10–11, 2001; List of tornadoes in the May 2003 tornado outbreak sequence; Tornado outbreak sequence of May 2003; List of tornadoes in the May 2004 tornado ...
List of United States tornado outbreaks – 1900–1909 Outbreak Dates Region Tornadoes Casualties Notes 1900 Plains tornado outbreak: May 5–6, 1900: Nebraska-Texas-Missouri – ≥3 fatalities, ≥16 injuries: May 6 named "day of the cyclones" by the press. (≥19 significant, 2 killer) 1900 Southeast tornado outbreak: November 20, 1900
With three fatalities, Wednesday was the deadliest tornado day in Oklahoma since May 20, 2013, nearly 10 years ago, when 24 people were killed by the tornado that leveled the city of Moore. That ...