NEWARK AIRPORT. 50 YEARS AGO TODAY, OMAHA EXPERIENCED ONE OF THE MOST DESTRUCTIVE STORMS. IT WAS THE 1975 TORNADO. AT ONE TIME, IT WAS THE COSTLIEST IN OUR COUNTRY’S HISTORY. KETV NEWSWATCH SEVEN’S ...
OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - The quality of the video may be grainy from 50 years ago, but Mike Kelley’s memory is clear. “It really does seem like it was yesterday,” he said. He was a senior in high school. ...
NEWSWATCH SEVEN AT FIVE. IT IS A SOMBER MOMENT IN OMAHA’S HISTORY. 50 YEARS AGO TODAY, A TORNADO TORE THROUGH THE METRO, KILLING THREE PEOPLE AND INJURING HUNDREDS MORE. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. I’M ...
The miracle of the F4 tornado that traveled eight or more miles through the heart of Omaha in 1975 was that only three people died. Almost as impressive, only 25 others were seriously hurt. Even with ...
Omaha's F4/EF4 tornado in 1975 was and remains one of the worst in U.S. history for property damage — the equivalent of $1.1 billion today. Then-Omaha Mayor Ed Zorinsky had declared a state of ...
AMERICAN EXPERIENCE Mr. Tornado tells the story of Tetsuya Theodore Fujita, a Japanese-American scientist who devoted his life to unlocking the mysteries of severe storms. Most widely known for ...
KFAB took to the air on this day in 1924, beginning a broadcast legacy that has spanned over a century. A teen will spend decades in prison in connection to a deadly shooting two years ago in North ...