The tornado made a 71-mile path of destruction from Williamsburg, Kan, to Knobtown, Mo. At times, it was as massive as half a ...

Read stories from people who experienced the Ruskin Heights tornado, an F5 tornado that destroyed homes and claimed 44 lives.

It’s now known simply in Kansas City as the Ruskin Heights tornado. And 64 years later ... many families in the storm’s path had less than a minute to hunker down. Plus, many Kansas City ...

Sunday will mark the 55th anniversary of the Ruskin Heights tornado, which killed 40 people and injured hundreds more as it tore a 71-mile path across the southern part of the metro from Franklin ...

Editor’s note: The 1951 Ruskin Heights tornado took only 15 minutes to kill dozens of people and to damage hundreds of homes. It stayed on the ground for 71 miles, eventually taking 41 lives and ...

The tornado ripped a path 70 miles long, in some places ploughed a 1,000-yd. swath, splintered more than 700 homes and 40 stores. Ruskin Heights and its shopping center were hard hit. Four died ...

Yesterday I mentioned that I wasn’t going to write a blog today but I did do a facebook post about yesterday being the 68th anniversary of the Ruskin Heights tornado… A bunch of you were kind ...

It’s now known simply in Kansas City as the Ruskin Heights tornado. And 63 years later ... many families in the storm’s path had less than a minute to hunker down. Plus, many Kansas City ...