Hunt for the Supertwister Share this page: Twitter Facebook LinkedIn Email by Trish Barker In a typical year, 1,200 tornadoes cause 70 fatalities and 1,500 injuries nationwide. Most of the damage, deaths, and injury are due to a very small percentage of these tornadoes, the so-called “supertwisters” whose winds of more than 200 miles per hour put them at the extreme end of the Fujita Scale … Continued November 8, 2004