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Rough Terrain Can Channel a Tornado's Damaging Winds, New Research Suggests
April 9, 2012 — A doctoral student noticed storm damage far from the path a tornado took through hilly Alabama terrain. He's using a tornado simulator to confirm rough terrain can channel a tornado's damaging ... > full story -
Scientists Detect Seismic Signals from Tornado
March 8, 2012 — A geophysical experiment detected unusual seismic signals associated with tornadoes that recently struck regions across the Midwest -- information that may have value for meteorologists studying the ... > full story -
Toward Twister Forecasting: Scientists Make Progress in Assessing Tornado Seasons
January 19, 2012 — A new study of short-term climate trends offers the first framework for predicting tornado activity up to a month out with current technology, and possibly further out as climate models improve, ... > full story -
Global Winds Could Explain Record Rains, Tornadoes
December 5, 2011 — Scientists have proposed a common root for an enormous deluge in western Tennessee in May 2010, and a historic outbreak of tornadoes centered on Alabama in April 2011. Both events seem to be linked ... > full story -
Storm Chasers of Utah
November 10, 2011 — A truck-mounted radar dish often used to chase Midwest tornadoes is getting a workout in Utah this month as meteorologists use it to get an unprecedented look inside snow and rain storms over the ... > full story -
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Increase in Tornado, Hurricane Damage Brings Call for More Stringent Building Standards
August 8, 2011 — Researchers have examined some of last spring's massive tornado damage and conclude in a new report that more intensive engineering design and more rigorous, localized construction and inspection ... > full story -
Landsat Satellite Images Compare Before and After Massachusetts Tornado
June 10, 2011 — Satellites provide a lot of useful information and the Landsat 5 satellite captured an image of the long damage track created on June 1, 2011, when a tornado tracked from Springfield to Sturbridge, ... > full story -
Wild Winds: Changes in Weather Patterns Creating More Severe Storms
June 7, 2011 — A climate expert attributes the increase in the number and severity of tornadoes and severe storms in 2011 to a change in weather ... > full story -
NASA's TRMM Satellite Saw Heavy Rainfall in Supercell That Spawned Joplin, Missouri Tornado
May 25, 2011 — On Sunday May 22, 2011, the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) satellite captured an image of the rainfall rate in the supercell thunderstorm that generated the deadly twister that struck ... > full story -
Massive Tornado Onslaught Raises Questions About Building Practices, Code Enforcement
May 13, 2011 — There is no practical, economic way to build structures that could stand up to the savagery of EF5 tornadoes like those that ripped through the South in late April, experts say, but damage from ... > full story
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