tornadoes

Advanced Tornado Technology Could Reduce Deaths

NPR Programs: Morning Edition  Fri, 06/17/2011 - 2:03am

Tornadoes have killed at least 530 people in the U.S. this year, the highest death toll since 1950. But researchers say they are working on new detection and forecasting technologies that could help reduce tornado deaths in the future.

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Tornado Outbreak Leaves Wide Path Of Destruction

NPR Programs: Morning Edition  Fri, 04/29/2011 - 2:00am

Communities in the South are cleaning up after tornadoes hit the region hard. Alabama is suffering the most. Search and rescue teams are going door to door to find victims.

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Is Drilling To Blame For Texas Quakes?

NPR Programs: Morning Edition  Mon, 06/29/2009 - 10:12pm

People in North Texas worry about tornadoes, not earthquakes. That's not the case in Cleburne, just south of Fort Worth.

So far this month, they have had six quakes; some wonder if they're related to drilling of a recently discovered natural gas deposit.

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