Recovering after tornadoes, particularly in small towns, has many challenges.
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Census data and research show all things are not equal in disaster displacement, as two experts in disaster recovery explain.
A tornado in Pembrokeshire, Wales.
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Britain doesn’t have huge violent twisters like the US. But it does have lots of little tornadoes.
A tornado touches down.
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Researchers are turning to computer models, drones and other methods to improve tornado forecasting.
Severe thunderstorms occur in Canada every year, bringing with them large hail, damaging downburst winds, intense rainfall and tornadoes.
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Are severe and extreme weather events on the rise? And does this have anything to do with manmade climate change? The simple answer is: it’s complicated.
Several people were injured and homes destroyed after tornadoes touched down in Barrie, Ont., in July 2021.
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Engineers, architects and builders can design and construct affordable new buildings that can resist tornadoes, floods and wildfires, but do not. We have that opportunity now.
A tornado in Turkey, Texas.
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You can’t photograph the inside of a twister, but radar offers some clues.
The heart of U.S. tornado activity, once Tornado Alley, has shifted eastward.
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Studies show tornadoes are getting more common and more intense, and they’re shifting eastward to a new tornado hot spot.
Residents had to be rescued as Hurricane Ida flooded coastal Louisiana in August 2021.
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A hurricane that wreaked havoc from Louisiana to New York City, the Texas freeze and devastating western wildfires topped NOAA’s list of billion-dollar disasters in 2021.
A satellite view on the night of Dec. 15, 2021, at the same time tornadoes were reported in Iowa.
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Forecasters described it as a ‘historical weather day.’ An atmospheric scientist who was at the heart of the storms explains what happened.
Six died as a tornado tore through an Amazon fulfillment center in Edwardsville, Illinois.
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The deaths of six Amazon employees at a factory hit by a tornado raises concerns over prohibitions on cellphones for workers.
Tornadoes are hard to capture in climate models.
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Climate models can’t see tornadoes, but they can recognize the conditions for tornadoes to form. An atmospheric scientist explains what that means for forecasting future risks.
Damage in Mayfield, Kentucky, after a tornado swept through the area on Dec. 11, 2021.
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Tornadoes in December aren’t unusual in the Gulf Coast and lower Mississippi Valley states, but the Dec. 10-11 outbreak was extreme and far-reaching.
A house on Curly Dick Road, Meadow Flat in central west NSW, destroyed by the tornado.
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Australia has expansive areas of flat land — usually agricultural land — and it’s over these large, flat areas that tornadoes like to form.
Some of the worst damage from the EF-2 tornado that struck the Ontario city of Barrie on July 15.
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Current building codes do not include the most efficient way to keep houses standing and intact during tornadoes.
Mark Poindexter puts a tarp on the damaged roof of his home in Gulf Breeze, Louisiana, on Aug. 29, 2020, in the aftermath of Hurricane Laura.
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Federal weather scientists are pushing to make the US more ‘weather-ready,’ which could mean prepping for fires, flooding or storms depending on where you live. The common factor: thinking ahead.
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While land tornadoes are associated with huge supercell thunderstorms, waterspouts can form during smaller storms or even just showers or the presence of the right kind of clouds.
Migrant workers in a Florida community hit hard by Hurricane Irma line up for donated supplies.
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Misunderstanding disaster warnings can have catastrophic consequences for people who don’t speak the language used for emergency communications.
Debris near Lebanon, Tennessee, after tornadoes struck on the night of March 3, 2020, killing more than 20 people across the state.
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With the onset of spring come thunderstorms, and sometimes tornadoes. Learn how these systems form and why night tornadoes are especially deadly.
Extreme wildfires can fuel tornadoes, creating erratic and dangerous conditions for firefighters.
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Persistent heat waves and dry lightning are part of the problem. For firefighters, the erratic behavior gets dangerous quickly.
A derecho moves across central Kansas on July 3, 2005.
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Hurricane and tornado winds spin in circles, but there’s another, equally dangerous storm type where winds barrel straight ahead. They’re called derechos, and are most common in summer.