Joplin, Miss. (WTVY) — May 22nd marks the sixth anniversary of the deadly tornado that swept through the community of Joplin, Missouri. The 2011 tornado was rated an EF-5 on the Enhanced Fujita scale, with estimated winds over 200 miles per hour. It’s estimated that about 25% of the city was destroyed. The St. John’s…
Remembering the May 20, 2013 Moore Tornado: Four years later
MOORE, Okla. – It has been four years since the devastating EF-5 tornado passed through Moore. The EF-5 tornado was just one part of a three day severe weather event. That day, May 20, 2013, the touchdown first started near Chickasha and began to rapidly intensify. It then produced a tornado on the west side…