Sentences with phrase «most deadly tornadoes»

«Supercells also produce the strongest and most deadly tornadoes.»

Joplin, Missouri (CNN)- On May 22, this blue - collar town on the edge of the Ozark Mountains was dealt the most deadly tornado since modern record - keeping on twisters began in 1950.

Not exact matches

Forsyth, who is chief of the Radar Research and Development division at NOAA's National Severe Storms Laboratory in Norman, Okla., is most concerned about improving warning times for tornadoes because deadly twisters form quickly and radar is the forecaster's primary tool for sensing a nascent tornado.

But they are aimed a half - degree angle above the surface of the ground, so they miss details near the surface where tornadoes are most deadly.

Most of the more than 200 Central Florida pets left homeless by February's deadly tornadoes have been reunited with their owners or taken in by new families.For shelter operators who worked around the clock for days to tend to stranded and injured pets, the task now is to place the 17 dogs and cats remaining from Orange, Osceola and Seminole, the hardest - hit counties.In the days after the storms, dogs with puppies, cats with litters on the way, even parakeets and guinea pigs were rescued by strangers or turned in by owners who didn't have a place for themselves, let alone their pets.

Heat waves are the most deadly of any weather related events — more than hurricanes, floods, earthquakes, and tornadoes combined.

Tornadoes are one of mother nature's most deadly weapons.