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Munich Re’s Tornado VR Experience Demonstrates Need for Resilient Homes
Munich Reinsurance America has developed an immersive Tornado Virtual Reality Experience to demonstrate the devastating power of tornadoes and the need for resilient homes. The reinsurer is bringing ...
Climate Change Worsens U.S. Mobile Home Tornado Vulnerabilities
Tornadoes and mobile homes don't mix to begin with, but throw in the volatility of climate change and the potential for massive property damage and deaths is even higher in coming decades, indicates ...
U.S. Tornadoes Hit Seven-Year February High: Aon Report
Losses from severe storms and tornadoes that struck much of the U.S. in February could amount to more than $1 billion, including hundreds of millions of dollars of damages that will probably be ...
For Storm-Prone U.S. Heartland, Spring’s Arrival Comes With Cost
It's again the time of year when a mix of cool air from Canada, warm moist air from the Gulf of Mexico and a touch of energy off the Pacific can all wrap together to unleash storms across the U.S. ...
2015 Finds U.S. in a Tornado ‘Drought’
The U.S. appears to be locked in a tornado drought, as meteorologists have recorded only about two-dozen twisters so far this year during a period when 100 or more are typical. There also have been ...
Researchers See El Niño Link to Tornadoes in Southern U.S.
The waters of the Pacific Ocean may provide some clues on what kind of tornado season will erupt across the southern U.S., according to a paper in the journal Nature Geoscience. The study found that ...
Climate Change May Worsen Tornadoes- FSU study
Published this week in the journal Climate Dynamics, the study by Professor James Elsner says that although tornadoes are forming fewer days per year, they are forming at a greater density and ...
‘Boom or Bust’ Tornado Seasons Baffle Meteorologists
Something strange is happening with tornadoes lately in the United States and it's baffling meteorologists. It's either unusually quiet or deadly active. Until the latest outbreak in late April, the ...