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From 2000 to 2023, only two tornadoes - both EF4s - have claimed the lives of people sheltering in a school - the 2013 Moore, Oklahoma, tornado and the 2007 Enterprise, Alabama, tornado that ...
Elementary and middle school principals are taking stock and will huddle with district officials in the 8 o'clock hour. Petley said the district is currently taking things on a school-by-school basis.
Morgan Elementary School The tornado struck the school, destroying several classrooms and throwing cars on top of the building. Fortunately, the children and faculty, who were huddled in the hallways, were not injured. A woman was crushed by a school bus that flew into a ditch she was sheltering in. [4] [5] [6] 1974 Xenia tornado: F0–F5 [a]
Researchers with the University of Western Ontario's Northern Tornado Project conducted a case study on this tornado, in which, they estimated the tornado had winds of at least 110–119 metres per second (250–270 mph; 400–430 km/h) based on an analysis of an SUV and a truck thrown by the tornado 50 metres (55 yd) and 100 metres (110 yd ...
A school bus travels through a school zone at Blackman Elementary School along Fortress Blvd., on Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2022, as a Rutherford County Sheriff's vehicle waits to cross over Blaze Dr.
Missing information: in May of 1957 a tornado passed through the Ruskin Heights area south of Kansas City, Missouri. It was in the evening, after school hours, but there were some school personnel killed at Ruskin High School by the storm. Perhaps this incident can be added to the list. Source? It cannot be added without reliable sources.
The average tornado moves Southwest to Northeast in the U.S., but tornadoes have been known to move in any direction. The average forward speed of a tornado is 30 miles per hour (48 km/h), but has varied from stationary to 70 mph (110 km/h). Tornadoes can also accompany tropical storms and hurricanes as they move onto land.
A damaged sign lies outside the wreckage of Plaza Towers Elementary School, where seven children were killed when a tornado hit Moore, Oklahoma, in May 2013. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel) A decade ago ...