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Tornado heavily damages elementary school in Moore (Okla.) district
2013-05-20 23:24:00| American School & University
Rescue operations reportedly under way at Briarwood Elementary School. read more
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Is tornado intensity increasing?
2013-05-18 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Nexus: With at least 10 tornadoes ripping through North Texas in one night this week -- leveling neighborhoods, killing six and injuring dozens -- it might be tempting to call the twisters yet another instance of climate-fueled weather. But not so fast. While most climate scientists agree that global warming is driving record heat waves, widespread drought, heavy rain and floods, intense hurricanes, and even monster snowstorms, tornadoes -- at least for now -- are a different story. "With tornadoes,...
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Tornado doom then tornado drought: Both linked to climate change?
2013-05-06 22:13:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Washington Post: We are living through the most anemic one-year period for tornadoes in the modern record -- a cause for celebration if you dislike human suffering and destruction. The present lull in these violent storms stands in sharp contrast to 2011, one of the most active years for twisters, with devastating consequences for life and property. What does this tornado pendulum signify about the effect of climate change on twisters? Probably very little -- as far as scientists can tell. As we`ve discussed,...
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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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Hackleburg's Wrangler plant, destroyed in 2011 tornado, is back in business
2013-04-27 06:29:39| Apparel - Topix.net
Gov. Robert Bentley joined officials from VF Corp. today in Hackleburg to help cut the ribbon on the company's rebuilt Wranger distribution center, which was destroyed in the April 27, 2011, tornado outbreak.
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