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Over the past 40 years, tornado activity has increased by about 10% in the mid-South and decreased by the same amount in the Texas panhandle through southwestern Kansas, said Harold Brooks, a senior research scientist with the National Severe Storms Laboratory in Norman, Okla.
Over the past 40 years, tornado activity has increased by about 10% in the mid-South and decreased by the same amount in the Texas panhandle through southwestern Kansas, said Harold Brooks, a senior research scientist with the National Severe Storms Laboratory in Norman, Okla.
The U.S. gets hit by some of the strongest, most destructive storms on Earth. But the storms themselves are not the only problem. Weather experts say people’s choices of where and what to build are making the situation much worse.
The United States is Earth's punching bag for nasty weather. Blame geography for the U.S. getting hit by stronger, costlier, more varied and frequent extreme weather than anywhere on the planet, several experts said.
A host of climate patterns and oceanic and atmospheric currents have come together to create the conditions favorable for tornadoes. What to know.