Wednesday, April 30, 2014

Coastal Storm Resilience Measures Slowly Moving into 'Tornado Alley'

Two kinds of shelter: Some residents of Vilonia, Ark., rode out a killer tornado this week in a storm shelter (right). Those who stayed in their homes saw severe damage, but experts say some of it could have been avoided. (Credit: Karen E. Segrave / AP Images) Click to enlarge.
Last Sunday and Monday night, tornadoes struck in Arkansas and Oklahoma, killing at least 35 people and leaving the little town of Vilonia, Ark., looking as if a giant maul had battered its homes.  The severe weather continued yesterday and left residents of "tornado alley" in the southern and central United States to debate how they might have been better prepared.  The answer might be found just a few miles farther south, where communities on the Gulf and Atlantic coastlines have been adapting to hurricanes -- intensified by climate change -- for several years.

Coastal Storm Resilience Measures Slowly Moving into 'Tornado Alley'

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