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pro vyhledávání: '"Tornado emergency"'
Publikováno v:
Natural Hazards. 85:597-604
This paper reported a tornado hazard happened on June 23, 2016, in Yancheng city, Jiangsu Province. The moving footprint of this huge tornado was from west to east. Shuoji, Chenliang, Goudun, Banhu, Xingou, Wutan towns in Funing district and Sheyang
Autor:
Adam J. Mathews, Emily A. Ellis
Publikováno v:
Applied Geography. 68:28-36
Severe weather occurrences, especially tornadoes, are costly to communities in terms of loss of life and property damage. Cities located within Tornado Alley are especially at risk of being affected by tornadic activity and thus have a pressing need
Autor:
Kevin D. Ash
Publikováno v:
GeoJournal. 82:533-552
Occupants of mobile or manufactured homes in the United States of America (USA) are highly exposed and susceptible to injury or death from tornado hazards. This problem is most pronounced in the southern and eastern USA, where tornadoes are frequent
Autor:
Daan Liang, Pataya L. Scott
Publikováno v:
Wind and Structures. 21:369-381
Moore, Oklahoma was hit by an EF5 tornado on May 20, 2013. The tornado track slightly overlapped with two previous tornadoes that occurred on May 3, 1999 and May 8, 2003 respectively. A research team from Texas Tech University was deployed to investi
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Papers in Applied Geography. 1:128-133
Previous experience with hazards influences people's perceptions about hazards in a variety of ways. This article investigates the influence of past experiences with tornadoes on preparedness for a tornado. A questionnaire survey study was conducted
Autor:
Bimal Kanti Paul, Mitchel Stimers
Publikováno v:
Journal of Geography & Natural Disasters.
The 2011 Joplin, MO, USA, tornado set a record in terms of the number of lives lost-no other tornado in the United States had killed as many as 161 people since 1950. There are many stochastic parameters that can affect the speed, direction, and magn
Autor:
Greg Stumpf, Gabe Garfield, Jim Ladue, Doug Speheger, Richard J.H. Smith, Kiel L. Ortega, Tiffany Meyer, Donald W. Burgess, Tim Marshall, Brandon R. Smith, Chris Karstens
Publikováno v:
Weather and Forecasting. 29:1229-1237
The tornado that affected Moore, Oklahoma, and the surrounding area on 20 May 2013 was an extreme event. It traveled 23 km and damage was up to 1.7 km wide. The tornado killed 24 people, injured over 200 others, and damaged many structures. A team of
Autor:
Brian Carcione, Kevin R. Knupp, Elise V. Schultz, Adam Sherrer, Patrick T. Marsh, Andy Kula, Timothy A. Coleman, Stephen Latimer, Todd A. Murphy, Kim Klockow, Kevin Laws, Stephanie Mullins, Christopher J. Schultz, Ryan Wade, Eugene W. McCaul, Lawrence D. Carey
Publikováno v:
Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 95:1041-1062
By many metrics, the tornado outbreak on 27 April 2011 was the most significant tornado outbreak since 1950, exceeding the super outbreak of 3–4 April 1974. The number of tornadoes over a 24-h period (midnight to midnight) was 199; the tornado fata
Autor:
Jonathan B. Mason, Jason C. Senkbeil
Publikováno v:
Natural Hazards. 74:1021-1041
This research provides an overview and discussion of language used in tornado safety recommendations along with development of a rubric for scaled tornado safety recommendations. Residents living in affected areas and those temporarily housed at reli
Autor:
Mitchel Stimers, Bimal Kanti Paul
Publikováno v:
Weather, Climate, and Society. 6:161-174
On 22 May 2011, a massive tornado tore through a densely populated section of Joplin, Missouri, killing 162 people. The EF5 tornado was the deadliest single tornado to occur in the United States since modern record keeping began in 1950, surpassing t