Video: 'Tornado Leaves Topeka Kansas in Ruins 1966 Newsreel PublicDomainFootage.com'

(Wednesday, June 8, 1966, 6:55 p.m. CDT) — The strongest of a series of tornadoes (registering as an “F5” on the Fujita scale) struck the Topeka, Kansas, area tonight, killing 17 people.

Hundreds more were injured, thousands of homes damaged or destroyed, and the campus of Washburn University suffered catastrophic damage.

Video: 'Aftermath Of Topeka Killer Tornado AKA Topeka Tornado (1966)'