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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 Omaha Easter Sunday tornado struck Omaha, Nebraska, at approximately 6:00 p.m. local standard time on March 23, 1913. The storm's path was reported as being 1 ⁄ 4 – 1 ⁄ 2 mi (0.40–0.80 km) wide and contained multiple vortices. [25] The Omaha tornado followed the path of Little Papillion Creek as it entered the city.
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
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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]
Destructive tornadoes ripped through parts of Nebraska, levelling homes and businesses in the suburbs of Omaha – while millions of people in the central United States warned that more severe ...
Nebraska is fifth overall for sheer numbers of tornadoes, while Indiana has had 88 violent tornado reports from the 1950–2006 period, more than any state except Oklahoma. [15] Iowa reported 3,900 almost as many as Texas. [15] The deadliest tornado in US history, the Tri-State Tornado, struck Missouri, Illinois, and Indiana in March 1925. [24] St.
A series of tornadoes hit Nebraska and Iowa on Friday, leveling homes and wreaking havoc in the Midwest. Elkhorn, a neighborhood of Omaha, was most severely impacted, with hundreds of homes ...