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August 29

  • 1910 – An F2 (possibly F3) tornado destroyed a large portion of Heaton, North Dakota, killing two people. A house was reported carried 300 feet (90 m) while ten people inside were uninjured.
  • 1992 – An F3 tornado struck Wautoma, Wisconsin, destroying 48 homes and damaging about 400. with damage costing $10 million. One person was killed when here trailer home was thrown several hundred feet, and 30 others were injured.
  • 2005 – Hurricane Katrina made landfall on the United States Gulf Coast, resulting in the most active phase of its associated tornado outbreak as 39 tornadoes touched down. An F2 tornado killed one person and approximately one million chickens, along with other livestock, near Glenloch, Georgia.