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June 8
- 1953 – One of the deadliest single tornadoes in U.S. history, an F5 tornado devastated portions of Flint and Beecher, Michigan, killing 116 people and injuring 844. Homes were obliterated along a mile-long stretch of one road. This was the last single tornado in the United States to kill more than 100 people until the 2011 Joplin tornado.
- 1966 – An F5 tornado tore through Topeka, Kansas, killing 16 people and injuring 450. About 820 homes were destroyed and 3,000 were damaged as entire neighborhoods were leveled. The cost of damage was estimated at $100 to $250 million, $939 to $2,348 million in 2023, making it one of the costliest tornadoes in U.S. history.
- 1984 – Just after midnight, an F5 tornado damaged or destroyed 90% of Barneveld, Wisconsin, including a subdivision of new houses, which was obliterated. More homes were destroyed in and near Black Earth. Nine people were killed and about 200 were injured. Residents were awoken by a loud clap of thunder just a few minutes before the tornado struck.
June 9
- 1953 – One day after the devastating F5 tornado in Flint, Michigan, an F4 tornado (possibly F5) devastated Worcester, Massachusetts and the nearby communities of Shrewsbury, Southborough, and Westborough, killing 94 people and injuring nearly 1,300. This was the third extremely deadly tornado to strike the United States in 1953; the high death tolls led to the development of a nationwide warning system.
- 1984 – A devastating tornado outbreak struck the eastern Soviet Union. A tornado estimated at F5 intensity struck Ivanovo. There is considerable uncertainty about the death toll; with estimates ranging from 69 to over 400. A 320,000-kilogram (710,000 lb), was flipped and a 50,000-kilogram (110,000 lb), water tank was thrown 200 metres (660 ft) A second tornado near Kostroma may also have reached F5 intensity.
June 10
- 1938 – A slow-moving F5 tornado approached Clyde, Texas and made a sudden turn, devastating the west side of town and killing 14 people. A group of nine homes "vanished." A family of six attempting to flee in their car were picked up; four of the occupants died and the two survivors were found half a mile (0.8 km) away.
- 1958 – An F4 (possibly F5) tornado devastated the southwestern part of El Dorado, Kansas, destroying 200 homes and killing 15 people. A car was thrown 100 yards and crashed through the roof of a house.
Did you know…
- ...that the 2013 Moore tornado that struck Moore and Newcastle, Oklahoma, is the most recent EF5 tornado?
- ...that the 2021 South Moravia tornado, an IF4 tornado with winds between 207–260 mph (333–418 km/h), was the strongest tornado to hit the Czech Republic in modern history?
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Accompanying Hurricane Katrina's catastrophic coastal impacts was a moderate tornado outbreak spawned by the cyclone's outer bands. The event spanned August 26–31, 2005, with 57 tornadoes touching down across 8 states. One person died and numerous communities suffered damage of varying degrees from central Mississippi to Pennsylvania, with Georgia sustaining record monetary damage for the month of August. Due to extreme devastation in coastal areas of Louisiana and Mississippi, multiple tornadoes may have been overlooked—overshadowed by the effects of storm surge and large-scale wind—and thus the full extent of the hurricane's tornado outbreak is uncertain. Furthermore, an indeterminate number of waterspouts likely formed throughout the life cycle of Hurricane Katrina.
The outbreak began with an isolated F2 over the Florida Keys on August 26; no tornadoes were recorded the following day as the storm traversed the Gulf of Mexico. Four weak tornadoes were observed on August 28 as the hurricane approached land, each causing little damage. Coincident with Katrina's landfall, activity began in earnest on August 29 with numerous tornadoes touching down across Gulf Coast states. Georgia suffered the greatest impact on this day, with multiple F1 and F2 tornadoes causing significant damage; one person died in Carroll County, marking the first known instance of a tornado-related death in the state during August. A record 18 tornadoes touched down across Georgia on August 29, far exceeding the previous daily record of just 2 tornadoes for the month throughout the state. Activity diminished over the subsequent two days as the former hurricane moved northward. Several more tornadoes touched down across the Mid-Atlantic states before the cessation of the outbreak just after midnight local time on August 31. (Full article...)List of Featured articles and lists
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