Watch: Video shot from inside a tornado

May 28, 2013 7:34 AM

Storm chasers Brandon Ivey and Sean Casey used their specialized tornado intercept vehicle to film video from inside a Kansas tornado. The vehicle recorded wind speeds of up to 175 MPH before instruments were ripped off by the storm. One of the vehicle's doors and the top hatch were blown open during filming.

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