Sixty-four years ago this week, a series of 33 reported tornadoes struck over a three-day period in 10 different states. On May 11, 1953, the strongest of those storms, an F5 on the Fujita scale, nearly wiped Waco, Texas, off the map. The storm destroyed more than 1,600 businesses and homes, and more than 2,000…
April 26 marks 26th anniversary of Andover tornado
April 26 marks the 26th anniversary of one of the most destructive tornadoes in Kansas history. The storm started in Clearwater and made its way through south Wichita where it grew into a F-3 tornado as it hit McConnell Air Force Base. There it caused millions of dollars of damage and just missed billions of…