Title: F5
Description: A history of the tornado outbreak of April 3, 1974, when, "over a sixteen-hour period ... 148 tornadoes ... covering thirteen states ... from Michigan to Mississippi," six of them in the F5 category. The author's focus is on Limestone County, Alabama. He includes a chapter on tornado scientist Tatsuya Fujita.
Subjects: Tornadoes, History, New York Times reviewed
Places: United States
Time periods: 20th century