42 Miles of Hell: The Story of the Worcester Tornado of '53

The Worcester Tornado of 1953 was the single-most devastating natural disaster to ever hit Massachusetts. At a time before early warnings and weather alerts, the people of Central Massachusetts didn’t know what hit them as the massive funnel cloud moved across the state obliterating everything in its path. When all was tallied, 94 people were dead, more than 1,300 were injured and 10,000 to 15,000 were left homeless. “42 Miles of Hell; the Story of the Worcester Tornado of ‘53” tells the pe...