What is 1953 Flint–Beecher tornado?
On Monday, June 8, 1953, a powerful [[Fujita scale|F5]] [[tornado]] went right across the city of [[Flint, Michigan]] and its [[suburb]] [[Beecher, Michigan|Beecher]]. The latter city had 113–114 people dead following the severe tornado.<ref>{{cite document|title=The 1953 Beecher tornado|work=The National Weather Service|url=https://www.weather.gov/dtx/beechermet#background|access-date=December 12, 2021}}</ref> Before the [[2011 Joplin tornado]] in [[Joplin, Missouri]], it was the final tornado that lead to triple-digit death tolls in the [[United States]].<ref>{{cite document|title=Tornado Season is Deadliest Since 1953|work=The Wall Street Journal Newspaper|date=24 May 2011|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702304520804576341353063936710|access-date=December 12, 2021}}</ref> ==Related tornadoes== Other tornadoes also hit lower [[Michigan]] and northern [[Ohio]]. The overall outbreak killed 116 or 117 in Michigan alone. Affected states also included [[Nebraska]], [[Iowa]], [[Wisconsin]], [[New York (state)|New York]] and [[Massachusetts]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Worst Tornado in New England's History|work=The New England Historical Societies|date=9 June 2014|url=https://www.newenglandhistoricalsociety.com/worst-tornado-new-england-history|access-date=December 12, 2021}}</ref> The overall people who died from June 6 through 9 was 247 (some reports mention higher numbers).<ref>{{cite report|title=Flint, MI/Other Towns' Tornadoes|work=Gen Disasters|url=https://www.gendisasters.com/michigan/6277/flint-beecher-other-towns-mi-oh-tornadoes-june-1953|access-date=December 12, 2021|archive-date=December 12, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211212232927/https://www.gendisasters.com/michigan/6277/flint-beecher-other-towns-mi-oh-tornadoes-june-1953|url-status=dead}}</ref> The full damage went beyond $340 million (1953 [[United States dollar|USD]]; almost $3.3 billion 2021 USD). Michigan's deaths alone were 125. Others were killed across Nebraska, northern Ohio and east-central Massachusetts (mostly