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Public Information Statement
National Weather Service Wichita KS
700 AM CDT Thu May 2 2024

...ON THIS DATE IN WEATHER HISTORY...

In 1920, three tornadoes, two of which were violent F4s
and the 3rd an F3, tore through Rogers, Mayes and
Cherokee counties in Northeast Oklahoma.  The three
twisters killed 75, injured 112, and caused around
$250,000 damage.  Of the three tornadoes, the Cherokee
County twister was by far the worst and deadliest,
killing 71 and injuring 100.  It completely destroyed the
small, isolated town of Peggs, located around 40 miles
east of Tulsa.

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In 2008, an extremely dangerous Tropical Cyclone,
Nargis, comparable to a Category 4 hurricane, became the
costliest and deadliest named cyclone ever to occur in
the North Indian Ocean.  The catastrophic cyclone is
known to have killed around 138,000 and caused around $12
billion damage.  The number of deaths is likely an
underestimate as it is believed the Burmese Government
stopped counting fatalities so as to minimize political
fallout.  Hardest hit was Burma, although the vicious
cyclone also hit the East Coast of India, Sri Lanka, and
Bangladesh very hard.

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