States used to be on their own when a disaster hit. Then the Great Mississippi River Flood of 1927 and the Dust Bowl showed why federal coordination was essential.
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Rural hospitals have been closing, putting emergency care further out of reach, but that’s only one of the heightened challenges aging rural communities face after a disaster.
A storm scientist explains what’s been driving deadly tornado outbreaks and how tornado season has been changing.
Engineers use giant fans in the Wall of Wind test facility to study the destructive ways these powerful winds can interact with tall buildings.
Rising global temperatures increase the risk of extreme downpours, as a climate scientist explains.
One long line of powerful winds can whip up dust storms, spread wildfires, spin up tornadoes and fuel blizzards – all at the same time across different states.
This week, unusually widespread thunderstorms are expected to bring rain, hail and intense winds to swathes of southern Australia. Here’s why – and what threat they can pose.
The ocean is warming, providing ample fuel for destructive tornadic waterspouts.
The film reflects the public’s fascination with watching extreme weather. New research is beginning to show what draws us to it.
To understand how tornadoes behave, scientists need to be near the storm. The movies get some of it right.
Homeowners insurance is so expensive that some people are going without it.
Spring 2024 was menacing for large parts of the US, with a tornado nearly every day in May. Tornado outbreaks tore up communities across multiple states.
A powerful storm system produced dozens of destructive tornadoes over three days that tore apart homes in Oklahoma, Nebraska and Iowa. A meteorologist explains the conditions that fueled them.
Census data and research show all things are not equal in disaster displacement, as two experts in disaster recovery explain.
Britain doesn’t have huge violent twisters like the US. But it does have lots of little tornadoes.
Researchers are turning to computer models, drones and other methods to improve tornado forecasting.
Are severe and extreme weather events on the rise? And does this have anything to do with manmade climate change? The simple answer is: it’s complicated.
Engineers, architects and builders can design and construct affordable new buildings that can resist tornadoes, floods and wildfires, but do not. We have that opportunity now.
You can’t photograph the inside of a twister, but radar offers some clues.
Studies show tornadoes are getting more common and more intense, and they’re shifting eastward to a new tornado hot spot.
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Professor of Meteorology, Senior Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education, Penn State
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