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The 1944 Appalachians tornado outbreak was a deadly tornado outbreak that hit the Midwest and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States on June 22–23, 1944. The outbreak produced several strong tornadoes in Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Maryland—areas that were falsely believed to be immune to tornadoes. [1]
This tornado also injured hundreds more at schools, and killed many students returning home from schools. Additionally, three of the top ten events by death toll, and four if separate schools of the same tornado are counted (33 in De Soto and 25 in Murphysboro again from the Tri-State Tornado), have occurred in Illinois.
The tornado then demolished the Plainfield School District Administration building, where the wife of a custodian was killed. [10] St. Mary Immaculate Church and School The tornado completely destroyed the church and school, killing the principal of the school, a music teacher, and the son of the cook at the rectory. [11]
In total 48 people were injured at the camp. The tornado continued to topple trees as it tracked into Preparation Canyon State Park. Just before it entered the park a farmstead sustained damage. The tornado hit another farmstead about 2.5 miles (4.0 km) southwest of Moorhead where trees were blown down and sheds damaged.
The Pittsburgh Police (PBP), officially the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police, is the largest law enforcement agency in Western Pennsylvania and the third largest in Pennsylvania. The modern force of salaried and professional officers was founded in 1857 but dates back to the night watchmen beginning in 1794, and the subsequent day patrols in the ...
University of Pittsburgh police arrested a person suspected of attacking a group of Jewish students with a bottle Friday night, the school announced on its website. The incident occurred near the ...
Pittsburgh prosecutors are seeking the death penalty in the case of a woman accused of killing a 6-week-old baby and injuring his twin brother in June, a new court filing shows.
1984 Soviet Union tornado outbreak: F2: Oulu, Finland [173] August 11, 1985 Unknown A waterspout made landfall in Oulu, causing F2 damage. F2: Turku, Finland [174] July 21, 1988 Unknown A tornado struck Turku, causing F2 damage. F1: Copenhagen, Denmark [175] June 30, 1997 0 A tornado hit Copenhagen across a 0.7 km long and 60 meter wide path ...