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A blue truck with a tall pole and a large, gray circular device is parked on a street next to a person. A tornado spins in a field far in the background.
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Tornadoes’ Fastest Winds Howl Close to the Ground

by Carolyn Wilke 3 April 20235 April 2023

Radar data from storm-tracking scientists reveal that twisters’ winds churn 30% faster near Earth’s surface than above 100 meters, where measurements usually are taken.

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 mobile home park devastated by tornado damage
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Tornado Warnings Don’t Adequately Prepare Mobile Home Residents

by C. Crockett 15 May 201923 February 2023

A survey of the southeastern United States shows that nearly half of mobile home residents don’t know where to shelter during a tornado, and many aren’t getting the resources they need to survive one.

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

Katherine Kornei, Science Writer 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

Kimberly M. S. Cartier, News Writing and Production Intern for Eos.org 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

Katherine Kornei, Science Writer 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

JoAnna Wendel, freelance science writer and illustrator 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.

A house destroyed by a large, powerful tornado that struck Joplin, Mo., in 2011.
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Rise in Tornado Numbers per Outbreak May Not Be Tied to Warming

JoAnna Wendel, freelance science writer and illustrator by JoAnna Wendel 7 December 201614 February 2023

Scientists studying why previous research revealed a steadily increasing number of tornadoes in the United States per outbreak find an unexpected result.

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