2019 Franklin-Hampton Roads Tornado

The Franklin-Hampton Roads tornado that occurred on May 14th, 2019 was a catastrophic, record-breaking EF5 tornado that carved a 78.20 mile long path through southeastern Virginia. The tornado killed 173 people and injured an additional 2,852 people as is struck the cities of Franklin, Suffolk, Chesapeake, Portsmouth, Norfolk and Virginia Beach.

The tornado was part of a small but historic tornado outbreak and it was the strongest of the 34 confirmed tornadoes. It overtook the 2011 Joplin EF5 tornado as the seventh deadliest tornado in U.S. history, and as the costliest tornado in U.S. history with $3.3 Billion in damages.