reliving a nightmare because it not only took a nearly identical path as another monster twister but it left a similar amount of devastation in its wake. these are images of widespread devastation in the aftermath of a ruthless force of nature. not from monday s tornado in moore, oklahoma but from a twister that slammed the exact same area. 14 years ago on may 3rd, 1999. for nearly an hour and a half the 1999 tornado pummeled a 38-mile path that included the areas of new castle and moore. in a cruel twist of fate, the paths of both storms were nearly identical. at times, even overlapping. what you re looking at right now in moore, oklahoma is what you could have seen if you had been there in 1999. the 1999 tornado rated an ef-5 the maximum on the scale the fastest wind speed ever recorded on earth. and though yesterday s storm was given a preliminary rating of
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