Welcome Guest [Log In] [Register]

Royals Rendezvous Statement
Royals Rendezvous has moved to a new location, please go to royalsrendezvous.co.uk to continue the discussion.

Username:   Password:
Add Reply
On this day - 1974 (largest tornado); April 3rd
Topic Started: 3 Apr 2016, 08:52 AM (270 Views)
daib0
Member Avatar
Inter-Forum Gamemaster!
Wednesday, April 3, 1974. : The largest tornado outbreak on record, known as the Super Outbreak, occurs in North America

Tornadoes are violent spinning storms typically shaped like a funnel with the narrow end on the ground. They are extremely destructive and are almost always visible due to water vapour from clouds and debris from the ground. Tornadoes can form in storms all over the world, but they form most famously in a broad area of the American Midwest and South known as Tornado Alley.

Early in the afternoon of 3 April 1974, North America experienced the beginnings of a "Super Outbreak" of tornado activity. Over an eighteen hour period, 148 tornadoes hit in 13 states: Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, North Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia and New York.

One tornado, the only one to hit outside the United States, hit near Windsor, Ontario, Canada. The outbreak also broke the record for the most violent (F5 and F4) tornadoes, having six F5 tornadoes and 24 F4 tornadoes. Between 315 and 330 fatalities were recorded and another 5,484 people were injured. The costs of the damage reached the equivalent of $3.5 billion in 2005 figures.


Posted Image


Royals Rendezvous - a specialist and friendly Reading FC fan forum
Cello man... VIDEO https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yEVmGOEMJLE&t=12s Please share !
Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
1 user reading this topic (1 Guest and 0 Anonymous)
ZetaBoards - Free Forum Hosting
ZetaBoards gives you all the tools to create a successful discussion community.
« Previous Topic · News & Current/Past Events · Next Topic »
Add Reply

Royals Rendezvous - 2013-16