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See if your region will be affected. Spring is officially here! While this means longer and warmer days, it also marks the peak of severe weather season. A recent report from AccuWeather reveals ...
From 2000 to 2023, there were around 20 EF1-or-higher tornadoes per year, although the numbers can be skewed by years with increased activity, like 2021. Tornadoes are ranked on the EF scale ...
Weiss said there is also a possibility for increased tornado activity with the presence of climate change due to expectations of increased thunderstorm activity. "As water temperatures warm ...
The most prominent link to increased tornado activity is due to La Niña, a naturally occurring climate event that affects the jet stream over the U.S. and, so, the environmental ingredients ...
While this is lower than the preliminary count of 1,855 tornadoes in 2024, it is still slightly above the historical average of 1,225. The increase in severe weather activity outside of the ...
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WJAR) — There have been about a half dozen or so relatively small tornadoes this year. The average in Southern New England is about four or five, a drastic increase.
There’s a regional myth that Knoxville is protected from tornadoes because of its geographic location. In fact, about 90% of ...
Eastern North Carolina, particularly the U.S. Route 301 corridor, has experienced a significant increase in tornado activity over the past six years. In a WRAL News special edition newscast ...
The Lucama tornado also destroyed a 130-year-old ... When filtered to just the past five years, the pattern holds — with increased activity concentrated in Edgecombe, Franklin and Nash counties.