Super Tornado OutBreak!!
By, Emma Schwartz & Jamie Goerlitz
When, where, and what happened
During a 4 day period from April 25-28 2011, over 200 tornadoes hit down in 5 southeastern states. The most deadly part was the afternoon of April 27th, when a total 122 tornadoes ended in 313 deaths across many stares, central and northern Mississippi, central and northern Alabama, eastern Tennessee, southwestern Virginia, and northern Georgia. There were 15 violent tornadoes, 8 tornadoes had paths of 60 miles long. 2 tornadoes struck Tuscaloosa and Birmingham areas both in Alabama each claimed more than 60 lives
Ecological Impact
Drought and excessive heat created major impacts across Texas, Oklahoma New Mexico Arizona, southern Kansas, western Louisianna, and north Mexico. Also 100 high-tension power transmission line towers were destroyed, most across northern Alabama. Cell phone and radio towers also were damaged or destroyed. Plant and animal life was also destroyed. And practically all buildings and homes were gone.
how much?
The tornadoes cost a lot of damage they cost around, $11 million worth in damage. This was land farming houses and building, they lost a lot when these tornadoes hit.
restoration
After the outbreak communities were devastated with severe destruction and no electricity.
Damage
As you can tell in the before and after picture pretty much everything was destroyed