What we know about how climate change affects tornado outbreaks

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'Tornado Alley' is shifting, and climate change may be one factor.

there's an "enhanced risk" that severe thunderstorms will develop on Tuesday from Illinois southward to Arkansas.

Satellite images of Wynne High School in Wynne, Arkansas. Four people died in a tornado in this community on March 31, before and after the tornado hit. Satellite images: Maxar TechnologiesTornadoes and tornado outbreaks are an area of active investigation for climate scientists. "Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, those kinds of areas are typically staying stagnant or decreasing in terms of the number of strong tornadoes they get every year," Gensini said.

on tornadoes with Gensini, cautioned in a phone interview with Axios Sunday night that tornadoes are small-scale phenomena, occurring within thunderstorms that are themselves small in scale.

 

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