Read stories from people who experienced the Ruskin Heights tornado, an F5 tornado that destroyed homes and claimed 44 lives.

The tornado made a 71-mile path of destruction from Williamsburg, Kan, to Knobtown, Mo. At times, it was as massive as half a ...

Since 1950, more than 300 tornadoes have been reported in the Kansas City metro area, but none of them compare to what happened on the evening of May 20, 1957.It’s now known simply in Kansas ...

The Ruskin Heights Home Association is working to rebuild a memorial honoring dozens of lives lost in one of the deadliest tornadoes the Kansas City metro has ever seen. The Ruskin Heights Home ...