What Causes Tornadoes? How Tornadoes WorkBy: Marshall Brain, Robert Lamb & Yara Simón | Updated: Sep 11, 2023 A tornado hits Pampa, Texas. Alan R. Moller/Stone/Getty Images Myths are full of fantastic and destructive creatures. If it's not a city-leveling angel, then it's giants...
What Causes Tornadoes? How Tornadoes WorkBy: Marshall Brain, Robert Lamb & Yara Simón | Updated: Sep 11, 2023 A tornado hits Pampa, Texas. Alan R. Moller/Stone/Getty Images Myths are full of fantastic and destructive creatures. If it's not a city-leveling angel, then it's giants...
Many tornadoes occur in an area called “Tornado Alley” (a region covering all or parts of Arkansas, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Dakota and Texas). Why there, you ask? Located in the Great Plains, this area receives cold polar air fr...
For example, if you know the population of Americans who are Republicans, and you know the population of Americans who live in Texas, you can study where those populations intersect and learn something about both Republicans and Texans. Why Count People? Among the many reasons that we track ...
Never forget — that is a mantra from many terrible events that change thinking from that point on. It could be Pearl Harbor or Oklahoma City or a superstorm. For people in Texas, following numerous close calls due to extreme weather, it drives the willingness toinstall more distributed energ...
Texas Tornadoes: How Much Warning Time Was Possible?Texas tornadoes that hit the Dallas area Tuesday resulted in nofatalities, in part due to...By SpottsPete
In this Dec. 10, 2023, file photo, a damaged electrical substation is seen in the aftermath of a tornado in Madison, Tenn.Jon Cherry/Getty Images, FILE One exception was during the 2021 Texas freeze, when power was knocked out to millions of homes in the state amid ...
Homeowners insurance rates are rising especially quickly in certain parts of the country where disasters like tornadoes, hurricanes and wildfires are growing more common. In 2024, more than 20 different disasters caused at least $1 billion each in damages, according to the National Oceanic and Atmos...
Scientists know that the scale has its limitations. "This scale does not take into account other potentially deadly hazards such as storm surge, rainfall flooding and tornadoes," according tothe National Hurricane Center. How are hurricanes named?
In 2021,Texas suffered a major power crisis.Over 4.5M homes and businesseswere left without power in the dead of winter, many for days. At least246 people dieddue to the long-term power outage. It’s easy to get into a Doomsday scenario when thinking about an extended power outage.The ...