A powerful tornado, which grew to about three-quarters of a mile wide, did millions of dollars in damage midday Wednesday in Sedalia.
The tornado first touched down about one mile south of the city limits along U.S. Highway 65, then tracked in a northeasterly direction, ravaging businesses along U.S. 65 and causing extensive damage to trailer parks and residential neighborhoods in a half-mile radius.
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