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From May 4–6, 2007, a major and damaging tornado outbreak significantly affected portions of the Central United States.The most destructive tornado in the outbreak occurred on the evening of May 4 in western Kansas, where about 95% of the city of Greensburg in Kiowa County was destroyed by an EF5 tornado, the first of the new Enhanced Fujita Scale and such intensity since the 1999 Bridge ...
The tornado was the first to be rated EF5 on the Enhanced Fujita Scale, as well as the most recent EF5 tornado to hit Kansas. [note 3] [50] The tornado was also one of the deadliest in Kansas history, along with being the deadliest in the history of Comanche and Kiowa counties.
The tornado outbreak of February 28 – March 2, 2007 was a deadly tornado outbreak across the southern United States that began in Kansas on February 28, 2007. The severe weather spread eastward on March 1 and left a deadly mark across the southern US, particularly in Alabama and Georgia. Twenty deaths were reported; one in Missouri, nine in ...
An EF-5 tornado struck the Kiowa County town west of Wichita on May 4, 2007. ... 2007. Skip to main content. Sign in. Mail. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to ...
A storage warehouse had major damage when it was hit by an EF-2 tornado Wednesday night outside of Rossville. That tornado traveled 4.7 miles, had a max width of 200 yards and produced estimated ...
Truck being crushed by a tree during the Brooklyn tornado on August 8, 2007. An EF2 tornado struck New York City at 6:30 am EDT (10:30 UTC) on August 8. The hardest-hit area was the Bay Ridge area of Brooklyn, where many trees—as much as 40% of the trees in Sunset Park were knocked down and several homes and buildings lost part of their roofs ...
The town of Greensburg, Kansas, suffered total devastation from the United States' first EF5 tornado in eight years. In early May 2007, a significant tornado outbreak affected the Central United States. Over a three-day period from May 4–6, a total of 132 tornadoes touched down across seven states.
Dec. 19—We have been conditioned to believe that severe weather (like tornadoes) in Kansas does not occur in December, but anyone who has lived any length of time in the Sunflower State knows ...