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recognition, and grass was reportedly ripped from the ground. A newspaper image showed a vehicle motor that was embedded into a concrete wall by the tornado. A tractor was found in a wooded area 500 m (1,600 ft) away from the dealership where it originated. The tornado reached a maximum width of 300 m (980 ft), and abruptly dissipated seven minutes after reaching F5 intensity. The tornado traveled for 1.5 kilometres (0.9 mi), killed 63 people along its path, and caused millions of pesos in damage.
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The tornado is said to have changed color multiple times, an unusual phenomenon. The tornado began with a unique violet color, and then turned red when it devastated brick homes, picking up brick dust along its path. A trailer was buried in a 2-metre-wide (6.6 ft) ditch. The tornado threw cows
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over 30 m (98 ft) in the air and passed over a lagoon, sucking up all the water that was inside of it. The tornado destroyed a ton of wooden planks, and turned them into flying projectiles, which caused most of the fatalities.
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