NEWARK AIRPORT. 50 YEARS AGO TODAY, OMAHA EXPERIENCED ONE OF THE MOST DESTRUCTIVE STORMS. IT WAS THE 1975 TORNADO. AT ONE TIME, IT WAS THE COSTLIEST IN OUR COUNTRY’S HISTORY. KETV NEWSWATCH SEVEN’S ...
(COPY SCAN / the Omaha World-Herald) TORNADO OF 1975. Scene looking south toward 70th & Blondo from north 70th Avenue. Tuesday, May 6, 1975, was an extremely muggy day, even by Omaha standards.
OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - The quality of the video may be grainy from 50 years ago, but Mike Kelley’s memory is clear. “It really does seem like it was yesterday,” he said. He was a senior in high school. ...
The miracle of the F4 tornado that traveled eight or more miles through the heart of Omaha in 1975 was that only three people died. Almost as impressive, only 25 others were seriously hurt. Even with ...
NEWSWATCH SEVEN AT FIVE. IT IS A SOMBER MOMENT IN OMAHA’S HISTORY. 50 YEARS AGO TODAY, A TORNADO TORE THROUGH THE METRO, KILLING THREE PEOPLE AND INJURING HUNDREDS MORE. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. I’M ...
In 1985, KETV looked back on the devastation and destruction the 1975 tornado caused. "The air pressure drops; your ears popped. It sounded like a train going over, and it just scared the hell out of ...
Just a brief note to say "thank you" for the tornado story on pages one and two of the Telegraph dated June 19. It was June 18, 1975, when the tornadoes in the story took place. A Nebraska state ...
If an officer catches you on your phone while driving, you could face a ticket of up to $170 dollars. McKeon’s lawyer, Perry Pirsch, also spoke at the press conference, providing clarity on McKeon’s ...
AMERICAN EXPERIENCE Mr. Tornado tells the story of Tetsuya Theodore Fujita, a Japanese-American scientist who devoted his life to unlocking the mysteries of severe storms. Most widely known for ...