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The Greensburg tornado was an EF5, the strongest category of tornado.
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How many people died in the Greensburg Kansas tornado of may 2007?
12. It is very hard to find the most updated news. So the most updated one I could find said 12 people. However not all of those people were in Greensberg however they were all killed by the same tornado.
When was DeWitt Kirk born?
DeWitt Kirk was born on June 11, 1923, in Greensberg, Pennsylvania, USA.
What is the name of the scale used to rate tornado damage?
Tornado damage has traditionally been rated on the Fujita scale. However, the United States and Canada now rate tornado damage on the similar Enhanced Fujita scale.
What is the deadliest type or tornado?
The deadliest category of tornado is F5. They have the highest death rate per storm.
What was the death rate of the Edmonton tornado?
The death toll of the Edmonton, Alberta tornado of 1987 was 27, making it the second deadliest tornado in Canadian history.
What does how fast a tornado is going mean?
Exactly what it sounds like. It means the rate at which a tornado is traveling or, in other words, how far a tornado travels in a given time.
What does the fujita scale use to rate tornado intensity?
The Fujita scale uses the severity of the damage a tornado causes to determine its rating.
Do tornado trackers have a scale to measure?
Tornadoes do have a scale by which they are rated. It is the Enhanced Fujita scale. However, trackers do not use it to rate the tornado as it occurs. Damage is assessed by experts after the tornado has passed.
What is the average death rate of a tornado?
The average death rate for a tornado in the U.S. is 0.05. This is because 98% of tornadoes in the U.S. don't kill anyone. Among the 2% that do kill the mean death toll is 2.5.
What is the common death rate of tornado?
The common death rate in a tornado is zero. 98% of tornadoes do not kill. In the majority of tornadoes that do kill,, the death toll is one. The higher the death toll, the less often it occurs.
How is the power of a tornado determined?
The intensity of a tornado is determined by damage. Damage is examined and the tornado's peak wind speed is estimated. This is used to rate it on the Enhanced Fujita Scale which ranges from EF0 as the weakest to EF5 as the strongest.
What was the category of the great Natchez tornado?
The Great Natchez tornado was never rated. The Fujita scale, which rates tornadoes, was crated in 1971, but has been used to rate tornadoes retrospectively. To rate a tornado you need information on the severity of the damage it did and the quality of construction of the buildings it hit. Unfortunately, as you look at older records, there is generally less useful information. Because of this, no tornado that occurred before 1871 has received a rating. The Natchez tornado was in 1840. That said, by comparing this tornado with other major killers, it is reasonable to say that it was probably an F4 or F5.
