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Climate change's influence on tornadoes is a mixed bag
2013-11-19 20:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New Scientist: They are unwelcome at the best of times. But why are tornadoes in the US increasingly popping up at unusual times of the year, and in unusual areas? The question is troubling meteorologists and tornado watchers as citizens in the Midwest count the cost of last weekend's tornado outbreak that killed at least eight people and devastated many towns in 12 states including Illinois, Michigan, Indiana and Kentucky. The three largest twister outbreaks in the past year have been in November, January and...
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Fast-moving killer storm tornadoes batter Midwest
2013-11-18 01:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: A fast-moving storm system triggered multiple tornadoes on Sunday, killing at least five people, injuring about 40 and flattening large parts of the city of Washington, Illinois as it tore across the Midwest, officials said. The storm also forced the Chicago Bears to halt their game against the Baltimore Ravens and encourage fans at Soldier Field to seek shelter as menacing clouds rolled in. Chicago's two major airports also briefly stopped traffic with the metropolitan area was under a tornado...
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S.D. reels from odd double-punch of snow, tornadoes
2013-10-06 05:15:29| Energy - Topix.net
Freakish weather conditions for the Plains states in early October produced tornadoes in southeastern South Dakota, western Iowa and northeastern Nebraska, and dumped more than 30 inches of snow Friday on parts of the Black Hills.
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Upper Midwest struck unusual autumn tornadoes, snowstorm
2013-10-06 00:37:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: The upper Midwest was recovering on Saturday from an unusual autumn wallop from a fierce snowstorm that trapped dozens of people in vehicles in western South Dakota and a swarm of tornadoes that left at least 15 people injured in rural Nebraska and Iowa. More than 80 motorists remained stranded in western South Dakota after a blizzard rolled out of the Rocky Mountains and dumped up to three feet of snow on parts of the Northern Plains. "Our priority right now is to get those people to a warm...
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Storm brings snow, tornadoes to Great Plains
2013-10-05 05:18:18| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
A storm system that buried parts of Wyoming and South Dakota in heavy, wet snow on Friday also brought powerful thunderstorms packing tornadoes to the Great Plains.
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