Greensburg tornado

The Greensburg tornado was a powerful and destructive EF5-rating tornado that affected the Central United States, the event occurred on Friday, May 4, 2007 in Kiowa County, Kansas and caused severe damages to the city of Greensburg. The Greensburg tornado covered 28,8 miles (46,3 km) of the area, it led to 12 deaths and 63 wounded plus $250 million in damages. The tornado became the first tornado to be ranked as EF5 in the Enhanced Fujita scale following the decision to abandon the old Fujita scale on February 1, 2007.

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 List of F5 and EF5 tornadoes

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Category:Tornadoes in the United States
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Category:Natural disasters in the United States