News tagged with tornado alley
Supercomputer simulations to help predict tornadoes
Each year, tornadoes tear across the United States, causing numerous deaths and physical damage to the environment and infrastructure.
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Jun 30, 2011 |
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Tornadoes whipped up by wind, not climate: officials
US meteorologists warned Thursday it would be a mistake to blame climate change for a seeming increase in tornadoes in the wake of deadly storms that have ripped through the US south.
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Apr 28, 2011 |
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What's to blame for wild weather? 'La Nada'
(PhysOrg.com) -- Record snowfall, killer tornadoes, devastating floods: There’s no doubt about it. Since Dec. 2010, the weather in the USA has been positively wild. But why?
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Jun 28, 2011 |
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Science can't design away tornadoes' deadly threat
(AP) -- Storm science has greatly improved tornado warnings in recent years. But if that's led anyone into a sense of security, that feeling has taken a beating in recent weeks.
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May 28, 2011 |
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Killer twisters likely among largest, strongest
Some of the killer tornadoes that ripped across the South may have been among the largest and most powerful ever recorded, experts suggested, leaving a death toll that is approaching that of a tragic "super ...
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Apr 29, 2011 |
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15-state tornado outbreak deadliest since 2008
(AP) -- The devastation is stunning - homes and lives shattered as the deadliest swarm of twisters in three years battered up to 15 states.
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Apr 18, 2011 |
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Tornado-chasing becomes vacation choice, researchers find
Instead of heading to the coast for vacation, people are traveling to Tornado Alley. The number of people registering to get a closer look at tornadoes is growing as vacationers trade in their beach towels for a ride with ...
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Sep 16, 2010 |
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A safe room? Or a new home entertainment center?
For 18 horrific hours on April 3, 1974, the largest and most cataclysmic tornado on record for a single 24-hour period took North America by storm. Actually, it was 148 tornadoes, which spun through and sacked ...
Jul 14, 2010 |
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Oklahoma Tornadoes Give Scientists The Slip
Predicting when and where a tornado will touch down is far from an exact science. And last week's twisters in the Midwest were no exception.
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May 18, 2010 |
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Research suggests urban sprawl, wet falls and winter affect severe weather
(PhysOrg.com) -- Previously rare big city storms - like a tornado Aug. 19 that downed trees and ripped off roofs in downtown Minneapolis and the powerful thunderstorms in New York City a day earlier - may ...
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Sep 08, 2009 |
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Nighttime tornadoes are worst nightmare
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study by Northern Illinois University scientists underscores the danger of nighttime tornadoes and suggests that warning systems that have led to overall declines in tornado death rates ...
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Nov 05, 2008 |
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Deadly storms underscore new research finding: Mid-South is most vulnerable region to tornadoes
The tornadoes that swept across the mid-South on Tuesday and Wednesday illustrate in tragic fashion the findings of a recently published study by Northern Illinois University meteorologist Walker Ashley.
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Feb 08, 2008 |
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