Storm chasers hope to look deep within vortex of tornadoes

Come tornado season, meteorologist Joshua Wurman spends his life on the road, zooming down highways in search of thunderstorms.

This summer, he and his colleagues will turn nomad to launch a first-of-its-kind program aimed at exploring tornado winds — not from the outside but from deep within the tornado vortex.

"Our goal is a much more integrated picture of the tornado," Wurman, president o
f the Center for Severe Weather Research based in Boulder, Colo., told OurAmazingPlanet.

And that's a picture that could reveal how tornadoes deal their damage and save lives, he added.