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The most violent outbreak of tornadoes in history, the Super Outbreak, releases 149 tornadoes in 13 American states and a province in Canada. Thousands of homes and over 350 people die in the period of the outbreak. 5,000 people are left homeless and injured. Note: This episode only focuses on the 148 tornadoes that hit the USA, not the 149th one that hit Canada.

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  • This video details the Super Outbreak of April 3rd & 4th, 1974. During the outbreak, a total of 148 tornadoes caused a damage path of more than 2,500 miles leaving 330 dead and 5,484 injured. In less than 24 hours, twisters ran the gamut from 0 to 5 on the Fujita Scale with some tornadoes traveling more than 100 miles. One twister was five miles wide and at one point, 15 tornadoes were on the ground at the same time. One twister even crossed over into Canada from Michigan and back again. In all, 13 states were struck by twisters: Alabama, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Mississippi, North Carolina, Ohio, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia. To read more, you can visit the following sites: http://www.publicaffairs.noaa.gov/storms/ http://www.crh.noaa.gov/lmk/?n=april31974 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Outbreak


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