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Seconds from Disaster•Season 3•Episode 17

Tornado Outbreak

8.0/10 · 2 votesJan 2, 200745 min

Ranked #5 of 19 in Season 3•+0.2 vs season avg

On 3 April 1974, the most violent outbreak of tornadoes in history struck. The well-named "Super Outbreak" produces 148 twisters over 13 American states and in Ontario, Canada destroying thousands of homes and over 5,000 people die. How did a single storm form the 1974

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Seasons7

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Season 3 Episodes19

Skywalk Collapse

Amsterdam Air Crash

Russia's Nuclear Sub Nightmare (Sinking of the Kursk)

King's Cross Fire (London's Subway Inferno)

US Embassy Bombing (American Embassy Bombing)

Florida Swamp Air Crash (Everglades Plane Crash)

Titanic

Aircraft Carrier Explosion

Queens Air Crash

Munich Olympic Massacre

Superstore Collapse

Plane Crash in the Potomac

Asian Tsunami

Comet Air Crash

Flight Engine Down

Oil Fire in Texas

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Tornado Outbreak

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Eruption on Montserrat

Cast2

Peter Guinness

Peter Guinness

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Ashton Smith

Narrator (US)

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Episode Summary

"Tornado Outbreak" is episode 17 of Seconds from Disaster season 3. It scored 8.0/10 from 2 votes, ranking #5 of 19 episodes this season (season average 7.8). It aired on January 2, 2007.

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