Grain from a crumpled elevator in Hallam on May 23, after a storm the night before destroyed much of the town. Through the years, deadly tornadoes have ripped through Nebraska communities, including ...

May 22, 2021 May 22, 2021 Updated May 23, 2024 0 Curtis Schwaninger checks a freezer in what was his home about a half-mile east of Hallam. Storms with tornadoes and high winds destroyed the structure ...

On May 22, 2004, one of the largest tornadoes in Nebraska history struck the Lancaster County town of Hallam. The 2.5 mile-wide F4 twister struck in the evening, killing a 73-year-old woman and ...

LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - When that EF4 tornado touched down in Hallam back in 2004, it was the widest tornado ever recorded at the time. Winds raged at more than 200 miles per hour. When it was all said ...

HALLAM, Neb. (WOWT) - On this day, 20 years ago, the widest tornado ever recorded struck the small town of Hallam, Nebraska on a Saturday afternoon. “It’s an elite class tornado. I mean, it’s the ...

After nearly 29 years as a deputy sheriff — and almost two full decades removed from his most memorable night on the job — Capt. Tommy Trotter is retiring Thursday from his post within the Lancaster ...

Since 2004, the deadly tornado that ground through Hallam, Neb., was the widest tornado known to have touched down in the U.S. That changed Friday, when a devastating, highly unusual tornado churned ...

Tilted power lines and bent trees. Damaged roofs and boarded-up windows. Piles of rubble on top of concrete foundations, trees snapped in half, and hopeful messages spray-painted on still-standing ...

Saturday marked the anniversary of the widest tornado ever recorded inhistory. The tornado reached a peak width of 2.5 miles as it tore throughsoutheastern Nebraska in 2004.The tornado touched down ...

The widest tornado damage path was estimated at 2.49 miles wide and was caused by the Hallam tornado on May 22, 2004. That day, some 56 tornadoes were reported in the Midwest.

HALLAM, Neb. -- The Tighe family had long ago written off Harley the cat as dead. He was 8 years old when he went missing. He was declawed. And he disappeared in the May 22, 2004, tornado. And even if ...

HALLAM, Neb. (AP) - The Tighe family had long ago written off Harley the cat as dead. He was 8 years old when he went missing. He was declawed. And he disappeared in the May 22, 2004, tornado. And ...