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Updated 16 mins ago On June 1, 2011, a powerful tornado carved a path of destruction through western Massachusetts. Winds of up to 165 mph destroyed hundreds of homes, injured 200 people, and left three people dead. In wooded areas there was widespread deforestation that left marks for years. The EF3 tornado had a 38-mile long track from Westfield to Charlton. It hit highly populated areas, including the city of Springfield. NASA This satellite image shows the 38 mile swath of damage where trees were stripped of their foliage resulting in a brownish appearance from space DAMAGE BY THE NUMBER...

He was working the afternoon the storms struck.  “My role was to be on television and provide coverage and information, where the tornadoes were and that is where I was, on the weather wall that day tracking each storm,” he said.  Scott had only been in his current position in Tuscaloosa for about a year when the storms came in 2011.   “I graduated from Mississippi State from meteorology in 2010 and they don’t really train you to cover a violent tornado coming right at you. That is something you kind of just have to jump into,” he said. “That day, to be honest, was quite a s...