WORCESTER, Mass. — Friday marks 70 years since the most powerful tornado in Massachusetts and New England history tore a 48-mile path of destruction across the state, leaving 94 people dead and ...

The 1953 Worcester tornado destroyed this home on Lincoln Street. ... Massachusetts Senator John F. Kennedy was photographed surveying the damage from the Worcester tornado in June 1953.

A catastrophic F4 tornado carved a path of destruction through Central Massachusetts, colliding head on with Worcester on the evening of June 9, 1953.

According to the Massachusetts Historical Society, ... 1953, an infamous tornado hit Worcester and the surrounding area. It was a mile wide, and it lasted nearly 90 minutes.

The Worcester tornado of 1953. The worst tornado on record in Massachusetts was June 9, 1953, when a tornado that was a mile wide ripped through Worcester and the surrounding area, lasting nearly ...

“In the Midwest you have tornado sirens; they didn’t have them in Worcester,” Conroy said. By 5 p.m., the dark, billowing column could be seen across Central Massachusetts, as William ...

WORCESTER, Mass. (WJAR) — While weak tornadoes do happen from time to time, no tornado in New England was as deadly as the one that struck the Worcester area 70 years ago. The date was Tuesday ...

While the Worcester tornado of 1953 was larger, killing 94, the tornadoes that ravaged 19 communities in Central and Western Massachusetts in June 2011, have their own place in local weather history.

The Worcester tornado of 1953. The worst tornado on record in Massachusetts was June 9, 1953, when a tornado that was a mile wide ripped through Worcester and the surrounding area, lasting nearly ...

Exceptions include the historic Worcester Tornado of June 1953, which was rated as an F-4 in 1971 after the Fujita scale was developed, and the June 2011 Springfield Tornado, which was rated at an ...