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Most tremours have been felt in the Reykjanes peninsula in the southwest of the country where small earthquakes have been felt every day for more than two weeks due to a build-up of volcanic magma ...
A tornado that destroyed homes and left people homeless. A total of about 300 residences were damaged in Erebango. [citation needed] F2 Santa Catarina rain-wrapped tornadoes: April 20, 2015: Xanxerê, Passos Maia, Ponte Serrada: 2: 4 fatalities, ~120 injuries: Two tornadoes produced by the same supercell, rated at F3 and F1 respectively.
A 15-percent-risk tornado advisory was in place across the Ark-La-Tex region, with the possibility of strong tornadoes; this was downgraded to a 10-percent risk due to uncertainty about convective modes that day. A 45-percent risk of wind damage was also in place in the same general area.
Prior to 1950 in the United States, only significant tornadoes are listed for the number of tornadoes in outbreaks. Due to increasing detection, particularly in the U.S., numbers of counted tornadoes have increased markedly in recent decades although the number of actual tornadoes and counted significant tornadoes has not. In older events, the ...
Almost 100 earthquakes shook Iceland from midnight today, as the country remains apprehensive about an imminent eruption.. The strongest earthquake with a magnitude of 3.35 hit Vatnafjoll in South ...
Around 900 earthquakes hit the south of the country on Monday 13 November, with tens of thousands of tremors reported in the region of Reykjanes in recent weeks.
Tornadoes have been recorded on all continents except Antarctica. They are most common in the middle latitudes where conditions are often favorable for convective storm development. The United States has the most tornadoes of any country, as well as the strongest and most violent tornadoes.
As of March 31, there have been more than 300 preliminary tornado reports across the country, which is well above the historical average of 220, according to the National Weather Service's Storm ...