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On the afternoon of January 24, 2023, a large, intense, rain-wrapped tornado moved through the suburbs of Pasadena and Deer Park, in the Houston metropolitan area, Texas, United States. [ 1][ 3] The National Weather Service rated the most-severe damage from the tornado was low-end EF3 on the Enhanced Fujita scale with winds estimated at 140 ...
May 15, 1896 – A destructive F5 tornado ravaged Sherman, destroying large portions of the town and killing an estimated 73 people. [ 5] May 18, 1902 – An F4 tornado touched down in the city of Goliad, killing 114 people. This made it the deadliest tornado in state history, later tied by the 1953 Waco tornado.
October 26, 2023 at 2:00 PM. Since 1950, there have been more than 9,700 tornadoes in Texas, killing hundreds and leaving behind billions of dollars worth of damage. On March 21, 2022, a tornado ...
Large tornado causes severe damage near Houston. DAVID PHILLIP and SEAN MURPHY. January 25, 2023 at 7:39 AM. PASADENA, Texas (AP) — A powerful storm system took aim at the Gulf Coast on Tuesday ...
Portions of Lubbock, Texas, were struck by a powerful multiple-vortex tornado after nightfall on May 11, 1970, resulting in 26 fatalities and an estimated $250 million in damage (equivalent to $1.96 billion in 2023). It was in its time the costliest tornado in U.S. history, damaging nearly 9,000 homes and inflicting widespread damage to ...
Tornado watches and warnings were in effect early Friday afternoon in central Texas as storm chasers warned of dangerous twisters shrouded by rainfall. A large cloud wall darkened the sky near ...
The most "extreme" tornado in recorded history was the Tri-State tornado, which spread through parts of Missouri, Illinois, and Indiana on March 18, 1925. It is considered an F5 on the Fujita Scale, holds records for longest path length at 219 miles (352 km) and longest duration at about 3⁄ hours, and held the fastest forward speed for a ...
In the affected Texas Panhandle town of Perryton, local Fire Chief Paul Dutcher told ABC News that the tornado’s path was estimated to be a mile long and a quarter-mile wide. Dutcher added that ...