The tornado killed 32 people, and more than 1,300 sought hospital treatment, according to Dayton Daily News archives. It cut a devastating swath across the city and Greene County, leaving an estimated $100 million in property damage that included Central State and Wilberforce universities. Survivors of horrific 1974 Xenia tornado recall twister’s deadly impact as anniversary nears. Read their stories here: https://www.daytondailynews.com/local/survivors-of-horrific-1974-tornado-recall-twisters-d

WATCH: Survivors of horrific 1974 Xenia tornado recall twister’s deadly impact as anniversary nears: Lesa Taylor DeVond was a sophomore headed to track practice on a “sunny and bright” afternoon that would turn “cloudy, dark, just real eerie” shortly after the 14-year-old arrived at Cox Field. A group that included her brother and a neighbor walked to a nearby shopping center to make a phone call inside a store to tell her mother a storm was coming. When the tornado passed, she added, “we all go