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Tornado Trends in Illinois – Updated

The tornado trends in Illinois has been updated to include data through 2013. The plots in order are the number of tornado reports by year, deaths by year, and injuries per year. Click to enlarge each plot. These plots are based on storm data at the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC). Tornado records are notorious for […]

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Washington IL – 4 Months After the November 17 Tornado

On Friday, I visited Washington IL to check on the recovery from the November 17, 2013, tornado event. The good news is that I saw lots of construction. The bad news is that a lot of damage remains. As a result of the harsh winter, very little clean up could be done in these conditions, […]

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