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 still ranks as one of the worst in U.S. history." ... there have been 190 tornadoes recorded in Massachusetts since 1951, including six in 2021, ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

A tornado that struck Worcester on June 9, 1953, left 94 people dead. ... 2011, when a tornado-rated EF-3 tracked across Massachusetts from Westfield through Springfield, ...

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 ...

The Kennedy Foundation contributed $150,000 to the college's effort to rebuild after the 1953 tornado that leveled parts of Central Massachusetts. ... then on West Boylston Street in Worcester.