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The tornado is the deadliest to strike the Kansas City metropolitan area, and was the deadliest worldwide in 1957. The tornado was rated F5 on the Fujita scale, the first of three worldwide to receive this rating in 1957. The tornado touched down near Williamsburg at 7:15 p.m., headed northeast.
From May 19–22, 1957, a tornado outbreak took place across the US Central Plains.A total of 59 tornadoes were reported from Colorado to the Mississippi Valley. [note 1] [note 2] The most destructive tornado of the severe weather event—likely part of a long-lived family—was rated at F5, the highest level, and is often called the Ruskin Heights tornado, after the site of its worst damage ...
The 1957 Dallas tornado with multiple vortices observed at the time as it approached the city. Tornado activity continued into Oklahoma. A large, 600 yard wide F2 tornado killed one and injured two in rural Murray County. A violent F4 tornado then hit Lake Texoma State Park east of Kingston and south of Cumberland, killing two and injuring six.
On May 24–25, 1957, a tornado outbreak primarily affected the Western High Plains, Central Great Plains, and Central Oklahoma/Texas Plains of the United States. [nb 2] 45 tornadoes touched down over the area, most of which took place across northern and western Texas, in addition to southern Oklahoma.
Survey teams looking for damage confirmed that two previously unreported tornadoes touched down in the Kansas City area during Sunday night’s storms
Kansas City, Missouri: May 13, 1883 3 The tornado moved along an erratic path in Kansas City, killing 3 and injuring several more. [1] [5] F2 Washington, D.C. September 16, 1888 0 The tornado tracked 2 miles across downtown Washington, D.C. along Maryland Avenue, damaging two homes and partially deroofed the Smithsonian Institution Building.
A resident of an apartment building whose bedroom overlooks Union Station had set up a camera to livestream the parade and rally Wednesday. He inadvertently captured the first moments of the shooting.
Officials are asking anyone with information, photos, and video of Saturday’s shooting to send them to Greater Kansas City Crime Stoppers TIPS Hotline at 816-474-TIPS or 816-474-8477. This is a ...