鈥淵ou got your weather radios and smartphone,鈥 WPSD Local 6 Chief Meteorologist Trent Okerson said. 鈥淲e recommend that as part of their warning plan. Technology isn鈥檛 always foolproof, but having that extra layer of protection will help save lives in the event a severe weather threat occurs.鈥
Left: A photo taken after the Tri-State Tornado of 1925 shows homes reduced to rubble in Murphysboro, Illinois. Right: A photo taken after the Tri-State Tornado of 1925 shows people standing amid debris from destroyed structures in Murphysboro, Illinois.
A photo taken after the Tri-State Tornado of 1925 shows people standing amid debris from destroyed structures in Murphysboro, Illinois.
National Weather Service Paducah Warning Coordination Meteorologist Christina Wielgos said the storm鈥檚 aftermath was like something out of a war movie. 鈥淭he devastation was something of an event like a bomb going off,鈥 Wielgos said.
鈥淵ou got your weather radios and smartphone,鈥 WPSD Local 6 Chief Meteorologist Trent Okerson said. 鈥淲e recommend that as part of their warning plan. Technology isn鈥檛 always foolproof, but having that extra layer of protection will help save lives in the event a severe weather threat occurs.鈥
抖阴直播软件 marked the 99th anniversary of the March 18, 1925, Tri-State Tornado, which cut through southeastern Missouri, southern Illinois, and Indiana.
The storm traveled three hours on a 219-mile continuous path, killing 695 people and displacing 15,000. Another 2,027 were injured.
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