Tornado strength, frequency, linked to climate change

New research shows that climate change may be playing a key role in the strength and frequency of tornadoes hitting the United States.



Published Wednesday in the journal Climate Dynamics, Professor James Elsner writes that though tornadoes are forming fewer days per year, they are forming at a greater density and strength than ever before. So, for example, instead of one or two forming on a given day in an area, there might be three or four occurring.
"We may be less threatened by tornadoes on a day-to-day basis, but when they do come, they come like there's no tomorrow," Elsner said.

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/08/140806154011.htm