Pennsylvania logged 852 severe weather reports from March through June – more than double the 30-year average. A meteorologist explains what keeps the storms coming.
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When you’re inside a vortex, your body experiences things the news cameras can’t capture.
Rising global temperatures increase the risk of extreme downpours, as a climate scientist explains.
NOAA operates fleets of satellites, sensors on airplanes and ocean-going buoys, as well as radar, providing the data used by weather forecasters nationwide – and freely available to anyone.
An 11-kilometre long tornado scar was discovered on the Nullarbor Plain. Without the power of technology, it would have gone unnoticed.
Climate change is providing more fuel for violent storms – but twisters are complicated.
‘Twisters’ selectively depicts aspects of reality by showcasing the raw, destructive power of tornadoes – but don’t look to it for safety advice.
South Africa’s game reserves, tourist parks, chalets and ocean activities are being disrupted by extreme weather. To protect livelihoods, urban planning needs to adapt to climate change fast.
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Faculty of Human Sciences Acting Research Professor, Vaal University of Technology
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Associate Professor of Disaster and Emergency Management, York University, Canada
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Research Associate, Geosciences, ZRC SAZU; Curtin University
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Professor of Earth, Geographic, and Climate Sciences, UMass Amherst
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Associate Director for Science at CIRES, University of Colorado Boulder
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Professor of Geology and Environmental Geosciences, University of Dayton
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