How a warming climate may make winter tornadoes stronger
Higher winter temperatures might make twisters more intense, a climate simulation predicts
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On May 20, 2013, a tornado tore through Moore, Okla., part of a system that caused several other tornadoes across the Great Plains. A new climate simulation using data from the twister suggests tornadoes could become more powerful as the planet warms.
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