On March 3, 1966, 59 years ago today, an F5 tornado tore a 202-mile long path across central and eastern Mississippi into western Alabama. Of the 58 people killed by the twister, 57 were in ...

Tornado classifications have evolved since the original Fujita (F scale) was developed in 1971. Under the original F scale, an F5 rating was given as follows: “Whole frame houses tossed off ...