Tornadoes Are Expanding In Space And Time
Monday, April 17th, 2023 Catastrophe PropertyTornadoes are becoming more frequent in populated parts of the United States and are often occurring as damaging clusters -- a development seen in recent deadly outbreaks from Alabama to Michigan.
The number, damage and deadliness of individual tornadoes has held roughly steady over the past 50 years, federal experts with the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration told The Hill.
But broad shifts in the patterns of how tornadoes occur will pose serious challenges to policymakers and emergency managers across the South and Midwest -- even as risks remain in the traditional heart of Tornado Alley.
The role to which climate change is a factor in these shifts is unknown, and the changes in tornado behavior overall represent a major meteorological mystery.
