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Tornadoes, climate change and why Dixie is the new Tornado Alley

  • Written by Ernest Agee, Professor Emeritus of Atmospheric Science, Purdue University
imageThe heart of U.S. tornado activity, once Tornado Alley, has shifted eastward.Brent Koops/NOAA Weather in Focus Photo Contest 2015, CC BY-ND

Tornadoes tore up homes in New Orleans and its suburbs and were reported in communities from Texas to Mississippi and Alabama as severe storms swept across the South in late March 2022. We asked tornado...

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