Appalachian Twister: Lessons from the Shinnston Tornado

Jun 19, 2024

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This June 23^rd will mark the 80^th anniversary (1944) of the Shinnston Tornado that struck West Virginia, killed more than 100 people and left a close-knit mining town devastated – both interpersonally and infrastructurally. To this day, it remains one of the deadliest tornadoes in US history.

Old photograph showing people of Shinnston, WV walking past a large pile of debris from the tornado that struck their community.

The F4 tornado that struck Shinnston was part of a larger ou…

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