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The tornado was one of eight tornadoes that touched down the same day in eastern lower Michigan and northwest Ohio. [4] It was also part of the larger Flint–Worcester tornado outbreak that began over Nebraska and Iowa , before moving east across the upper Great Lakes states and Ontario , and on to New York and New England causing more deadly ...
The worst tornado event was a violent F4 tornado that tore through the cities of Port Huron, Michigan, and Sarnia, Ontario, on May 21, damaging or destroying hundreds of structures and causing dozens of casualties. Overall, the tornadoes killed eight people, injured 123 others, and caused at least $17.6 million (1953 USD) in damage.
The worst tornado was a 600 yd (550 m) wide F5 tornado that struck Fort Rice, North Dakota (although some experts like Grazulis dispute this, claiming that it was an F4 tornado; Grazulis did rate the tornado F5 later on). The tornado completely leveled a church and threw car parts up to .5 miles (0.80 km).
That figure is inflated somewhat by 2011, when one of the costliest and deadliest tornado outbreaks ever recorded claimed the lives of at least 553 people, including more than 150 in one Missouri ...
116 people died when an F5 tornado tore through Flint, Michigan, on June 8, 1953. The tornado was about half a mile wide and was on the ground for 27 miles. Of the 116 fatalities, 113 occurred ...
The tornado injured an estimated 117 people and inflicted $17.6 million (1953 USD) on both of the towns. June 8, 1953 – A violent F4 tornado hit Temperance, killing 4 people and destroying 14 houses. The tornado caused an estimated $250,000 (1953 USD) in damages, and was one of multiple deadly tornadoes in Michigan on June 8.
United States tornadoes by year [1] [2] Year Number of tornadoes ... 1953: 421 0 66 159 134 40 17 5 1954: 550 0 89 226 ... 2021: 1,315 210 545 433 103 21 3 0 2022: 1,176
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