Sentence examples for a devastating tornado. from inspiring English sources

On May 22nd, a devastating tornado hit Joplin, Missouri, wreaking havoc on the town and killing more than a hundred and twenty people.

A ruddy-faced butterfly from east Oxford flapped his wings to make a deadline, and a devastating tornado began to blow.

On April 21 , 1967 a devastating tornado struck the local high school and surrounding area, killing 24 people and destroying or damaging some 500 homes.

The hospital was born of tragedy, a result of a devastating tornado in 1883 that left much of Rochester in ruins.

CAMPBELL ROBERTSON A City Is Tested By Natural Disasters BOSTON — First came last winter's pounding snowstorms, then a devastating tornado in June, a microburst of wind in July and, earlier this week, earthquake tremors.

BOOK REVIEW A review on March 24 about "Falling to Earth," a novel by Kate Southwood about a devastating tornado that struck the Midwest in 1925, misstated the date of another historic natural disaster, the great Lisbon earthquake.

Look at how Americans react after a hurricane or a flood or a particularly devastating tornado.

The 2007 Groundhog Day tornado outbreak was a localized but devastating tornado event that took place in central Florida early on February 2 , 2007

Volunteers with the no-kill shelter set out Friday on the recovery mission to alleviate overcrowding at The Oklahoma City Animal Care & Control OACCC) which had experienced an influx of pets following the devastating tornado that ripped through the area Monday.

To watch: A circus elephant helps out a cleanup crew in Joplin, Missouri, following last week's devastating tornado.

In 2013, when Durant donated $1m to relief efforts in the wake of a devastating EF5 tornado that cut a Manhattan-sized swath of destruction through suburban Oklahoma City, his status as local hero was cemented.