<body><div><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=0lw7j1_1AnskfIQ00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=0lw7j1_1AnskfIQ00" width="1200" height="600" >MONROE, La. (KNOE) - Just before 2 a.m. on April 25, 2019, an EF-3 Tornado ripped through Ruston. The storm hit on the southwest side and worked its way through town killing two people. Kendra Butler and her 14-year-old son Remington died when a tree hit their home.An estimated 350 homes and businesses were damaged. The storm did major damage to Louisiana Tech’s soccer, baseball, and softball fields. It tore the press box off of the Ruston High School Football stadium, leveled a convenience store, and hit two hotels.The tornado’s eight minute path was around 6.68 miles from southwest to northeast. Winds are estimated to have been between 158 and 206 miles per hour.Damages totaled around $20 million. The storm left the entire city without power for two days. A curfew was enforced from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m.Another EF-1 tornado hit south Lincoln Parish two weeks later on May 9. The mantra “Ruston Strong” carried the area through its months-long recovery.</div></body>

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MONROE, La. (KNOE) - Just before 2 a.m. on April 25, 2019, an EF-3 Tornado ripped through Ruston. The storm hit on the southwest side and worked its way through town killing two people. Kendra Butler and her 14-year-old son Remington died when a tree hit their home. An estimated...

Ruston was hit with an EF-3 Tornado on April 25, 2019

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MONROE, La. (KNOE) - Just before 2 a.m. on April 25, 2019, an EF-3 Tornado ripped through Ruston. The storm hit on the southwest side and worked its way th

Ruston was hit with an EF-3 Tornado on April 25, 2019

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