acquired May 17, 1998

Tornado Alley

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In this 1998 natural-color Landsat 5 image, the city of Birmingham, Alabama, is shown a month after a category F5 tornado ripped through the region, killing 32 people. A portion of the 31-mile tornado track can be seen as a light green line stretching southwest away from the city.

NASA GSFC Landsat/LDCM EPO Team