On May 4, 2007, at 9:54 p.m., an EF5 tornado over 1.7 miles wide with winds over 205 miles per hour hit Greensburg, Kansas. The small rural town with a population of about 1,300 was leveled. The ...
Tornadoes are among the most powerful and destructive weather phenomena on Earth. These rapidly rotating columns of air are generated by severe thunderstorms and can produce extremely high winds ...