Survivors of F5 tornado in Brandenburg, Kentucky remember 50 years after devastation
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It gutted the small Meade County town on the banks of the Ohio River with a black wall of more than 250 mile per hour winds that decimated everything in its path.
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The tornado killed 31 people, destroyed 128 homes and flatted 30 buildings including the Meade County Courthouse and Brandenburg’s city hall.
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