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Weather History: May 5: Record Temps, Storms, Tornadoes, Wind & Flooding
2013-05-06 11:03:53| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
A group of tornadoes in Virginia killed three people. The twisters carved a path from near Victoria to south of Petersburg to just south of the James River.
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U.S. sets record for fewest tornadoes and tornado deaths
2013-05-04 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Central: Just two years after the U.S. experienced one of the deadliest and busiest tornado seasons on record, it appears that Mother Nature has done a complete reversal, setting an apparent record for the fewest tornadoes during any 12-month period, going all the way back to 1954. The National Severe Storms Laboratory (NSSL) in Norman, Okla., estimates that, between May 2012 and April 2013, there were just 197 tornadoes ranked EF-1 or stronger on the Enhanced Fujita scale. That beats the previous 12-month...
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Link between tornadoes and global warming is complicated
2013-03-19 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Courier-Journal: We keep hearing scientists tell us that we can expect more potent storms as part of climate change brought on by global warming. But what about tornadoes? It`s complicated and uncertain. After deadly tornadoes last March ripped through the eastern part of the United States, hitting Kentucky and Indiana especially hard, there was some speculation that global warming might have been at least partly to blame. "As spring moves up a week or two, tornado season will start in February instead...
Is climate change behind tornadoes' recent twists?
2013-03-16 20:35:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Cherry Hill Courier Post: With the planet heating up, many scientists seem fairly certain some weather elements like hurricanes and droughts will worsen. But as the traditional tornado season nears, scientists have been pondering a simple question: Will there be more or fewer twisters as global warming increases? There is no easy answer. Lately, tornado activity in America has been Jekyll-and-Hyde weird, and scientists are unsure whether climate change has played a role in recent erratic patterns. In 2011, the United...
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Cross-country storms spawn tornadoes, 2 dead
2013-01-31 00:04:43| Energy - Topix.net
CNN reports at least one home was leveled and cars were flipped over, including a tractor-trailer. I-75 is closed in both directions.
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