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A tornado near Anadarko, Oklahoma, in 1999
Tornadoes are violently rotating columns of air that are in contact with the Earth and either a cumulonimbus or a cumulus cloud. Tornadoes are often referred to as twisters, whirlwinds, or cyclones. While most tornadoes attain winds of less than 110 miles per hour (180 km/h), are about 250 feet (80 m) across, and travel a few miles (several kilometers), the wind speeds in the most intense tornadoes can reach 300 miles per hour (480 km/h), are more than two miles (3 km) in diameter, and stay on the ground for dozens of miles (more than 100 km). Various types of tornadoes include the multiple vortex tornado, landspout, and waterspout. Other tornado-like phenomena that exist in nature include the gustnado, dust devil, fire whirl, and steam devil. Most tornadoes occur in North America (in the United States and Canada), concentrated in a region nicknamed the Tornado Alley. Tornadoes also occur in South America, South Africa, Europe, Asia, and Oceania.

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The 1899 New Richmond tornado was an estimated F5 tornado which formed on the early evening of Monday, June 12, 1899 and tore a 45-mile path of destruction through St. Croix, Polk and Barron counties in west-central Wisconsin. It left 117 people dead, twice as many injured, and hundreds homeless. The worst devastation brought by the tornado was at the city of New Richmond, Wisconsin, which took a direct hit from the storm (in which brings the name of such). Over half the town was left in ruins by the tornado, which also caused minor damage to several other communities in the area. More than $300,000 (USD) ($9,772,000 in 2021) in damage was reported. As of 2019, it ranks as the ninth deadliest tornado in United States history, as well as the deadliest ever recorded in Wisconsin. (Full article...)
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The following is a glossary of tornado terms. It includes scientific as well as selected informal terminology. (Full article...)
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An F3 tornado in Le Sueur County, Minnesota, on August 24, 2006.

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Tracks of all US tornadoes in 1967.

This page documents the tornadoes and tornado outbreaks of 1967, primarily in the United States. Most tornadoes form in the U.S., although some events may take place internationally. Tornado statistics for older years like this often appear significantly lower than modern years due to fewer reports or confirmed tornadoes.

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Recent tornado outbreaks

Recent tornado outbreaks

October

  • October 12
A small tornado outbreak occurs in southeastern Wisconsin.
  • October 16
A derecho in Europe produces two tornadoes in Norway. Both tornadoes were rated F1 on the Fujita scale, with the second tornado also receiving a rating of IF1 on the International Fujita scale.


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Tornado anniversaries

February 13

  • 2000 – A tornado outbreak impacted the Southeastern United States killing 18 people, all in Georgia. An F3 tornado struck Camilla, destroying over 200 homes, killing 11 people, and injuring 175. Tornadoes continued overnight and into the morning of February 14. Another tornado near Ochlocknee killed six people and destroyed several chicken houses, killing half a million chickens. One other person was killed near Meigs.
  • 1952 – An F2 tornado destroyed two small homes on "Hurricane Hill" near Ripley, Tennessee, killing nine people.

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Hailstones dropped during the storm, compared to a cricket ball (7 cm or 2.8 in diameter)

The 1999 Sydney hailstorm was the costliest natural disaster in Australian insurance history, causing extensive damage along the east coast of New South Wales. The storm developed south of Sydney on the afternoon of Wednesday, 14 April 1999, and struck the city's eastern suburbs, including the central business district, later that evening.

The storm dropped an estimated 500,000 tonnes of hailstones in its path. Insured damages caused by the storm were over A$1.7 billion, with the total damage bill (including uninsured damages) estimated to be around A$2.3 billion. It was the costliest in Australian history in insured damages, surpassing the A$1.1 billion in insured damages caused by the 1989 Newcastle earthquake. Lightning also claimed one life during the storm, and the event caused approximately 50 injuries. (Full article...)

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