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EF5 damage in Greensburg

Voting period ends on 28 Nov 2024 at 15:08:19 (UTC)

Original – EF5 damage to homes in Greensburg, Kansas in the aftermath of the 2007 Greensburg tornado. 95% of the town was damaged to some degree. The tornado was the first to be rated 5 on the EF scale, and the deadliest in the history of Kiowa and Comanche counties.

Reason

Damage from the 2007 Greensburg tornado. Usually tornado damage wouldn't stand out or be of high EV, but this is the first example of EF5 damage in recorded history (the Fujita Scale was used until early 2007). Good composition aswell. The tornado killed eleven, injured nearly seventy others, and left a path of total destruction in its wake. Although the caption doesn't state where the EF5 damage is, seven buildings in the downtown area sustained EF5 damage, and this is basically a photo of the entire downtown.

Articles in which this image appears

2007 Greensburg tornado, Tornado outbreak of May 4–6, 2007, Greensburg, Kansas, List of tornadoes in the tornado outbreak of May 4–6, 2007, Tornadoes of 2007, Dennis McKinney

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Natural phenomena/Others

Creator

Greg Henshall, working with FEMA

• Support as nominator – E_F⁵ 15:08, 18 November 2024 (UTC)
• Support – Very high EV and meets all criteria, used in several articles, including a featured list. The photo also appeared on the main page itself September 18, 2023. If that somehow wasn't enough, media outlets like have used the photo several years after the tornado occurred. A few examples: [1][2][3]. The Weather Event Writer (Talk Page) 16:47, 19 November 2024 (UTC)
• Support – Yann (talk) 19:52, 19 November 2024 (UTC)
• Support –Vulcan❯❯❯Sphere! 05:25, 20 November 2024 (UTC)
• Support Charlesjsharp (talk) 10:58, 21 November 2024 (UTC)