This year’s tornado season is expected to be wetter and more intense than usual.
Northern Illinois University Professor of Meteorology, Victor Gensini attributes this prediction to 2021’s La Niña weather pattern, when the water temperatures off of the Pacific Ocean are quite cold.
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He said strong tornado systems are beginning to concentrate in certain regions of the United States.
“If you look at the last forty years, the trends in tornado frequency are increasing in places like Illinois, Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee," Gensini said, "and they’re decreasing in the traditional ‘Wizard of Oz’ Great Plains states of Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas.”