Nature & Environment
Analysis Shows Tornadoes most Common in Florida
Kathleen Lees
First Posted: Jun 15, 2014 11:07 PM EDT
A recent analysis conducted by the federal Southeast Regional Climate Center at the University of North Carolina found that tornadoes may be more common in Florida, along with other parts of the Southeast.
Researchers calculated that this state leads the country in death calculated per every mile that a tornado races along the ground, followed by Tennessee, North Carolina, Ohio and Alabama, according to the Associated Press.
Florida is also more likely to deal with harsher consequences following a tornado, due to certain factors pertaining to the area. For instance, the three decade study showed that this state is more likely to have residents with mobile homes and elderly or poor individuals.
"People are just much more vulnerable in a mobile home than they are in a regular home," said center director Charles Konrad II, according to The Associated Press (AP).
Florida's death rate of 2.4 deaths per 100 miles of tornado ground track is more than two-and-a-half times that of Oklahoma and nearly five times that of Kansas.
Along with Florida, Dixie Alley, which includes Arkansas, Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, Tennessee, Kentucky, western parts of the Carolinas, is where "more people die from tornadoes" than anywhere else in the world to deal with this weather concern.
Over 300 people were killed about three years ago in Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, Tennessee and Virginia by a four-day outbreak of more than 200 tornadoes, according to the AP.
Though Florida doesn't get hit by quite as many tornadoes as Oklahoma, those in Florida tend to be stronger.
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First Posted: Jun 15, 2014 11:07 PM EDT
A recent analysis conducted by the federal Southeast Regional Climate Center at the University of North Carolina found that tornadoes may be more common in Florida, along with other parts of the Southeast.
Researchers calculated that this state leads the country in death calculated per every mile that a tornado races along the ground, followed by Tennessee, North Carolina, Ohio and Alabama, according to the Associated Press.
Florida is also more likely to deal with harsher consequences following a tornado, due to certain factors pertaining to the area. For instance, the three decade study showed that this state is more likely to have residents with mobile homes and elderly or poor individuals.
"People are just much more vulnerable in a mobile home than they are in a regular home," said center director Charles Konrad II, according to The Associated Press (AP).
Florida's death rate of 2.4 deaths per 100 miles of tornado ground track is more than two-and-a-half times that of Oklahoma and nearly five times that of Kansas.
Along with Florida, Dixie Alley, which includes Arkansas, Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, Tennessee, Kentucky, western parts of the Carolinas, is where "more people die from tornadoes" than anywhere else in the world to deal with this weather concern.
Over 300 people were killed about three years ago in Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, Tennessee and Virginia by a four-day outbreak of more than 200 tornadoes, according to the AP.
Though Florida doesn't get hit by quite as many tornadoes as Oklahoma, those in Florida tend to be stronger.
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