The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) recently conducted flyovers of the Tuscaloosa-Birmingham tornado track and the Cordova tornado track. They have made high resolution pictures available on this site. These pictures really show the magnitude of the devastation. The Tuscaloosa-Birmingham tornado stayed on the ground for approximately 80 miles and the maximum width of damage was approximately 1.5 miles wide in some places. The Cordova tornado was on the ground for approximately 40 miles. Another interesting aspect of these pictures is that you get to see the damage to unpopulated areas. There's no telling how many trees these things destroyed.
You navigate this site by checking the boxes that say "processed tiles" and "Google Satellite." Then, click on a red box and select the high resolution picture.
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