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All storm systems eventually come to an end, and tornadoes are no exception.  There are actually quite a few different ways in which a tornado can stop causing damage (like, for example, simply lifting the funnel cloud off the ground).  However, one of the more dramatic [...]

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There’s a lot of misinformation out there about what to do when a tornado approaches, but one of the strangest — and potentially most dangerous — misconceptions is the idea that you should open the windows of your house before seeking shelter during a tornado warning.  [...]

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Yesterday on Weather Break, our guest was Mr. Paul Lainio of the Australilan Bureau of Meteorology. We spoke to him because an alert listener brought to our attention a recent news article about a tornado that occurred near the small town of Cummins in South Australia. [...]

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An alert listener recently forwarded to us a web page that was a news report about a tornado. Back on March 11, this tornado occurred near the small town of Cummins, population 705. Actually, no one was hurt by the storm, and while more than 1000 [...]

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When you picture a tornado, you are probably thinking about a storm tearing across a dusty landscape someplace out in Tornado Alley.  What you probably have never seen (except in the movie Twister) is a tornado crossing a river or a lake.  On today’s episode of Weather [...]

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