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10 Φεβ 2024 · Greensburg Tornado May 4th, 2007. Up to 1.7 miles wide and with maximum winds of 205 mph, an EF5 tornado devastated the town of Greensburg, Kansas. Jon Waldrup. February 9, 2024. The tornado hit at 9:45 PM with 205 mph winds, about 20 minutes after the first tornado sirens blew.
4 Μαΐ 2017 · Trees are debarked in the strongest tornadoes like Greensburg, leaving them standing as disfigured sentinels amidst piles of rubble, or snapped and sent to far-off places. Those standing might also feature puncture wounds from things like a flying sipping straw, or other weird objects.
15 Φεβ 2023 · The Greensburg tornado that destroyed 95% of Greensburg, KS on May 4th, 2007 was the strongest of a 3 day long outbreak of tornadoes from South Dakota down to Oklahoma. That tornado alone caused 11 fatalities and numerous injuries, but 25 other twisters were confirmed on the same day.
The most destructive tornado in the outbreak occurred on the evening of May 4 in western Kansas, where about 95% of the city of Greensburg in Kiowa County was destroyed by an EF5 tornado, the first of the new Enhanced Fujita Scale and such intensity since the 1999 Bridge Creek–Moore tornado.
Greensburg 5 years after May 4, 2007 will remain etched in the minds of many people, not just the citizens of Greensburg Kansas as folks from all over the world helped, in part, the rebuilding of the small western Kansas town.
4 Μαΐ 2017 · Ten years ago today on the evening of May 4, 2007, the small town of Greensburg, Kansas, was nearly destroyed by a 1.7 mile wide EF-5 tornado, with a maximum wind speed of 205mph. Damage surveys concluded that about 95% of the city was destroyed, with EF-5 damage observed through the heart of Greensburg.
9 Μαΐ 2007 · Recently the town of Greensburg, Kansas was devastated by an F5 tornado and most of the town was destroyed. On May 7th one of our satellite providers, DigitalGlobe, jumped into action and gathered imagery of the region for search-and-rescue teams.
