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South Dakota Tornado
Photo: Tornado on the South Dakota prairie
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A category F3 tornado howls across the South Dakota prairie. The winds of a storm this powerful can top 200 miles an hour (322 kilometers an hour), tear roofs and walls from houses, and even overturn trains.
Photograph by Carsten Peter

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