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On August 28, 1969, a strong tornado struck Tianjin. Large hail also fell in Beijing that day. The next day, a supercell produced one of the most violent tornadoes in Chinese history in Hebei Province That evening. The tornado first devastated a small city in the Province around 7:30 PM, where numerous structures were obliterated and 98 people ...
This was one of the most intense December outbreaks in the Contiguous United States and the most intense Illinois tornado outbreak in any month. An F4 tornado struck Mt. Vernon, Illinois, an F5 tornado obliterated Sunfield, Illinois, and a long-tracked F4 struck several towns hit by the 1925 Tri-State tornado. An additional F4 tornado hit ...
Illinois has had large tornado outbreaks in the past, including the tornado outbreak sequence of December 18–20, 1957 and the 1967 Oak Lawn tornado outbreak. Illinois is vulnerable to tornadoes with an average of 35 occurring annually, which puts much of the state at around 5 tornadoes per 10,000 square miles (30,000 km 2) annually. [1]
Each year, more than 2,000 tornadoes are recorded worldwide, with the vast majority occurring in North America and Europe. [9] In order to assess the intensity of these events, meteorologist Ted Fujita devised a method to estimate maximum wind speeds within tornadic storms based on the damage caused; this became known as the Fujita scale. The ...
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 ...
Prior to 1950 in the United States, only significant tornadoes are listed for the number of tornadoes in outbreaks. Due to increasing detection, particularly in the U.S., numbers of counted tornadoes have increased markedly in recent decades although the number of actual tornadoes and counted significant tornadoes has not. In older events, the ...
Tornado Alley, a cluster of states in the central U.S. where tornadoes are most likely to occur, is shifting eastward, according to recent research from Northern Illinois University.. Typically ...
Tornadoes reports have come in from Illinois to Arkansas. See storm reports on an updated map. Skip to main content. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways ...