Greenfield Tornado Kills 5: Iowa Hit by 300 MPH Winds
A violent EF4 tornado tore through Greenfield, Iowa, killing five people and injuring 35 others. With wind speeds estimated at 300 miles per hour, this storm ranks among the most powerful ever recorded, forcing meteorologists to reevaluate the structural integrity requirements for rural infrastructure in the path of increasingly intense midwestern supercells.
May 21, 2024
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