Forget everything you thought you knew about the Plains, because the people most vulnerable to deadly tornadoes live in Florida.
Those are the findings of the Southeast Regional Climate Center, presented by director Charles Konrad II at an American Meteorology Society meeting in Colorado last week. An analysis of the last 30 years of severe weather found Florida leads the nation in the number of deaths that occur per each mile a tornado is on the ground.
Tennessee is No. 2, while North Carolina, Ohio and Alabama round out the top five in tornado deaths per mile. Konrad said he believes Florida topped the list because the Sunshine State has several reasons why tornadoes are more risky, like mobile homes, the elderly and the poor.
http://www.weather.com/news/tornado-central/florida-midwest-tornado-study-20140617
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