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A destructive tornado outbreak swept across eastern Ohio, western/central Pennsylvania and portions of southern Ontario, Canada on the evening of May 31, 1985. 44 tornadoes, several of which were later rated as significant F4 and F5 in strength, injured thousands and caused over 90 deaths. This NBC News broadcast from the following evening, June 1, 1985, chronicles the events from that day.
Further information on the US side of the May 31, 1985 tornado outbreak: weather.gov/ctp/TornadoOutbreak_May311985
For an article on the Canadian portion of the outbreak: barrie.ctvnews.ca/it-s-a-historic-storm-remembering-the-barrie-tornado-38-years-later-1.6421139
Video © 1985 NBC News, All Rights Reserved.
A destructive tornado outbreak swept across eastern Ohio, western/central Pennsylvania and portions of southern Ontario, Canada on the evening of May 31, 1985. 44 tornadoes, several of which were later rated as significant F4 and F5 in strength, injured thousands and caused over 90 deaths. This NBC News broadcast from the following evening, June 1, 1985, chronicles the events from that day.
Further information on the US side of the May 31, 1985 tornado outbreak: weather.gov/ctp/TornadoOutbreak_May311985
For an article on the Canadian portion of the outbreak: barrie.ctvnews.ca/it-s-a-historic-storm-remembering-the-barrie-tornado-38-years-later-1.6421139
Video © 1985 NBC News, All Rights Reserved.
