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They are among the most powerful forces on earth. With swirling winds of more than 300 miles per hour -- and the strength to destroy nearly everything in their path -- they account for 60 deaths and millions of dollars in property damage each year. They’re called whirlwinds, funnels, twisters. These are tornados.
From the British Isles to the French countryside, to the heartland of the U.S., tornadoes have been tearing up the landscape … decimating buildings, homes and entire communities.
They can occur wherever cold, dry air hits moist, warm air high in the atmosphere. Tornadoes have touched down in every continent except Antarctica, appearing where you least expect them.
But of all the tornados on Planet Earth, most are happening in a region of the United States known as Tornado Alley, where an estimated 75 percent of the world’s tornadoes take place. An average of more than 1000 twisters every year. Four times more than in all of Europe. However, the deadliest tornado worldwide occurred in Bangladesh in 1989. What are the conditions for the occurrence of the tornado in Bangladesh and what does the area have in common with the infamous tornado alley in the US?
Central Oklahoma is a fertile breeding ground that produces more tornados per square mile than anywhere else on Earth. It is a place husband and wife storm trackers Val and Amy Castor call home. They live in the city of Stillwater with their six kids. The couple’s mission is to give early warning of the whereabouts of the twisters once they form and convey this information to the wide public through David Payne, the senior meteorologist for the local channel 9. Only through careful observation on site and reviewing meteorological predictions at the same time, the trio is able to warn thousands of people who are in the way of a deadly tornado.
Now there is growing concern that the number of twisters and the regions they encompass may be changing due, largely in part, to the effects of global warming.
Fortunately, advances in science and technology are also on the rise, giving government agencies and broadcasters increasingly more time to warn the public of impending disaster. Will new science in weather forecasting help mitigate this increasing threat?
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