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Looking across Midwestern cropland, the viewer sees a tornado extending down from thick, gray-blue clouds to meet the horizon. To the tornado’s left, a funnel cloud companion looks like a thin finger pointing toward Earth from the bottom of the clouds.
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A Hotter Earth Means Stronger Tornadoes

by Saima May Sidik 13 December 202113 December 2021

Although their frequency may decrease, models suggest anthropogenic climate change will increase the intensity of tornado outbreaks.

Series of six maps showing the location and observations of the typhoon
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Radar Observations of a Tornado Associated with Typhoon Hagibis

by Suzana Camargo 23 October 202025 February 2022

Analysis of tornadogenesis processes on a shallow supercell associated with Typhoon Hagibis using finely resolved rapid-scan radar observations at a very close range.

A tornado touches down near Elie, Manitoba, Canada, in June 2007
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Before Canadian Scientists Can Study Tornadoes, They Have to Find Them

by R. Kaufman 22 March 201925 July 2022

A yearlong project aims to find more than 150 “missing” tornadoes thought to hit Canada each year.

A tornado in Arkansas in 2013
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Westward Expansion, Technology, and Tornado Fatalities

by Katherine Kornei 6 March 201916 September 2022

By mining records from 1808 to 2017, researchers can now show just how many lives have likely been saved by technology like radar.

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Storm Model Foresaw Tornado Precursor Hours Before Twister Hit

by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 26 July 20173 June 2022

The experimental Warn-on-Forecast project calculates probabilities of severe weather within at-risk areas smaller than those targeted by current forecasting models.

Destruction after the 2011 Tuscaloosa-Birmingham tornado.
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Tornado Casualties Depend More on Storm Energy Than Population

by Katherine Kornei 18 May 20172 February 2022

National Weather Service data from nearly 900 tornadoes and a principle of economics reveal the relationship between storm energy, population, and casualty count.

Storm image
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NOAA Video Shows Satellite Views of Louisiana Tornadoes

by JoAnna Wendel 13 February 201730 August 2022

Real-time updates of storms will help forecasters track and predict where the most damage could occur.

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What Causes Extreme Hail, Tornadoes, and Floods in South America?

by S. Palus 11 May 20152 August 2022

A study of extreme weather in South America shows seasonal and spatial patterns, which, if better understood, could help save lives and minimize damage to property.

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Understanding How Climate Change Could Affect Tornadoes

by J. Elsner and M. Guishard 11 November 201425 February 2022

First International Summit on Tornadoes and Climate Change;
Crete, Greece, 25–30 May 2014

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