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May 2007 tornado outbreak

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The storms nearly completely destroyed Greenberg here.

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Satellite perspective of the tornadic storms on the evening of May 5, 2007

The May 2007 Tornado Outbreak was an extended tornado outbreak that started on May 4, 2007, affecting portions of the Central United States. The most destructive tornado in the outbreak occurred on the evening of May 4 in western Kansas, where about 95% of the city of Greensburg in Kiowa County was destroyed by an EF5 tornado.[3] The supercell killed at least 13 people including 11 in Greensburg and two from separate tornadoes.[4][5][6][7] At least 60 people were injured in Greensburg alone. It was the strongest tornado of an outbreak which included several other tornadoes reported across Oklahoma, Colorado, Kansas and South Dakota that occurred on the same night.[8] 25 tornadoes were confirmed that night.

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