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Showing posts with label tornadoes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label tornadoes. Show all posts

Wednesday, June 05, 2013

El Reno tornado: Widest ever recorded

The tornado which touched down in El Reno, Oklahoma this past Friday is now in the books as the biggest ever documented.  At its maximum, the tornado was a staggering 2.6 miles in diameter...

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El Reno, Oklahoma tornado, May 31st 2013.  Photo Credit: WHOTV.com

Nineteen people perished from this storm, including three veteran tornado chasers.  The tornado carved a path more than sixteen miles long and has been categorized as an EF-5: the most powerful possible.

Thoughts and prayers going out to the people of Oklahoma.

Tuesday, September 15, 2009

The photographs of stormchaser Jim Reed

Jim Reed may have the most exciting job on the planet. He gets to capture images of intense meteorological events, like this photograph made less than 500 feet from a tornado...

Click here for more of Reed's pictures of wild weather taken across the United States.