A tornado has struck near Rome, Italy, with local media reporting two deaths. A a 25-year-old man was killed in the city of Ladispoli, a coastal town north of the capital, when a cornice fell from a building and struck him on the head, reported Corriere della Sera, The tornado that struck about 6pm (local…
Flint Tornado 6/8/53
Today (6/8) is the anniversary of the worst tornado disaster ever in Michigan. Until the Joplin tornado in 2011, it was the last tornado to kill over 100 people in the U.S. The Flint/Beecher tornado of 1953 was responsible for 116 fatalities (ranging in age from 5 months to 80 years) and 844 injuries. Fifty-five…