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Thankfully, no injuries or deaths were reported during the storm outbreak, but plenty of residents will be clearing debris and fixing damaged roofs for a while.
Despite what my children believe, I was not around in 1957. There was one weather event that year in Missouri that has sadly been forgotten by many, but not the people of the Kansas City area who were nearly wiped off the map by a monster EF-5 killer twister.
Despite what my children believe, I was not around in 1957. There was one weather event that year in Missouri that has sadly been forgotten by many, but not the people of the Kansas City area who were nearly wiped off the map by a monster EF-5 killer twister.
I am not an alarmist and it's not exactly breaking news anyway that Illinois sees a lot of tornadoes every Spring. However, it might bear watching 2024 in particular as past weather patterns might indicate the Land of Lincoln might be in the danger zone for twister development.
The trouble actually began the day before, but this marks the 72nd anniversary of a severe tornado event that was so terrible that it destroyed everything in one Missouri town except for a church and a bank vault.