"One time a tornado we were filming was coming right at us," says filmmaker Sean Casey. "When you jump out of the truck to get the shot, anything can happen. As it moved closer, the wind picked up, and we felt as if the wind were pulling us into the tornado."
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Text by Renee Skelton
Photographs by Greg Eliason / Graphic Films (two tornadoes); Herbert Stein (tornado); Roberto Borea / AP Wide World (roofless building); Jeff Mitchell / Reuters 2000 (tankers); Rob Orcutt / AP Wide World / Wausau Daily Herald (farm)
Map by Martin Walz (adapted courtesy NOAA / National Severe Storms Laboratory)
Diagrams by Johnee Bee (adapted courtesy NOAA / National Severe Storms Laboratory)
Video courtesy National Geographic Television
