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April 27, 2011
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On
April 27, 2011
at
5:13 p.m.
, an
EF-4 multiple vortex tornado
ripped through the City of Tuscaloosa,
forever changing the community.
In less than
six
minutes:
12.5 percent
of the City was destroyed.
7,000
people became unemployed.
240
commercial structures were damaged,
and
116
were completely destroyed.
2,493
residential structures were damaged,
1,612
were severely damaged, and
1,257
were completely destroyed.
Thousands
became homeless.
71 percent
of the homes destroyed were rental with a median income of
l
ess than $25,000
annually.
1,200
were injured.
53
lives were lost.
But our
confident hope
and
resilience
emerged.
Tornado Path
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