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This page documents all tornadoes confirmed by various weather forecast offices of the National Weather Service in the United States in August, September and October 2024. Tornado counts are considered preliminary until final publication in the database of the National Centers for Environmental Information .
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Severe weather can occur under a variety of situations, but three characteristics are generally needed: a temperature or moisture boundary, moisture, and (in the event of severe, precipitation-based events) instability in the atmosphere.
One of the strongest storms of the day spun up a tornado near Temple, Texas, located 60 miles north of Austin. Damage surveys in the coming days will help officials determine the rating of the ...
Delmar Day Elementary School The school was completely leveled nearby homes were flattened at EF4 intensity. [16] Greensburg High School The school was mostly destroyed by the tornado, sustaining high-end EF4 damage. One wing of the school was completely flattened, despite being well-built and constructed with triple-thick masonry walls.
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Humans cannot control weather systems as large as hurricanes. However, there have been efforts to modify the weather in a very limited way through cloud-seeding technologies, which date to the 1950s.
The costliest single weather event of the year was Typhoon Mujigae, which left ¥27 billion (US$4.3 billion) in damage and caused 27 deaths in southern China. In October, Hurricane Patricia became the strongest tropical cyclone ever recorded in the western hemisphere , when it attained 1 minute sustained winds of 215 mph (345 km/h) and a ...