1-Year Anniversary of Revere, Mass. Tornado

No one was seriously injured during the tornado, where maximum wind gusts were estimated at between 100 and 120 mph

Tuesday marks one year since a category EF-2 tornado hit a coastal Massachusetts town, devastating homes and businesses.

City officials and community leaders gathered at Revere City Hall to place a plaque to commemorate the storm Tuesday morning.

The tornado had a path length of two miles and a path width of 3/8 of a mile along Broadway.

No one was seriously injured during the tornado, where maximum wind gusts were estimated at between 100 and 120 mph.

In all, about 65 buildings were ruined and about a dozen of those were deemed inhabitable.

The National Weather Service confirmed the Revere tornado was the first tornado touchdown in Suffolk County since records kept in 1950.

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