Waco tornado

11 May 1953 · Waco, United States · F5

It went straight through the downtown of the Texas city and toppled multi-storey brick buildings. It was one of the reasons the US began issuing serious tornado warnings.

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Good to know

People had long believed an old legend that the town was protected from tornadoes.

Footage (3)

• The 1953 Waco Tornado, 70 Years Later: Digitized 16mm Film Highlights Channel: Baylor Libraries Watch on YouTube ↗
• The 1953 Waco Tornado: Beyond the Storm Channel: mywacotv Watch on YouTube ↗
• The Back Story: The Waco tornado of 1953 | KVUE Channel: KVUE Watch on YouTube ↗

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