2020 Easter tornado outbreak
A series of tornadoes affected the Southeastern United States on Easter Sunday and Monday, April 12–13, 2020. 15 total watches were produced during the course of the event, two of which were designated Particularly Dangerous Situations.
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With at least 30 deaths reported, it was the deadliest tornado outbreak in the U.S. since the April 2014 tornado outbreak.[1]
Access to electricity was downed for nearly 1.3 million people in the tornado outbreak.[1]
2020 Easter Tornado Outbreak Media
Satellite image of the extratropical cyclone responsible for the outbreak across the Southeastern United States at 21:56 UTC on April 12
Severe damage to a grove of trees, including partial debarking, near Livingston, South Carolina, from an EF3 tornado on the morning of April 13.
High-end EF4 damage to a large, anchor-bolted cabin in the rural community of Cantwell Mill, Mississippi (northeast of Bassfield).
A microburst near Wallace, South Carolina, caused extensive damage to homes and vegetation.
Acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf and Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves speaking with tornado survivors in southern Mississippi
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Rice, Susan Miller and Doyle. "Tornado outbreak in the South leaves at least 30 dead". USA TODAY. Retrieved 2022-05-02.
