Sheriff Jay Jones said it looked like someone "took a giant knife and scraped the ground. That means that its average forward speed was nearly 55 mph (90 kph).The tornado also illustrated the vulnerability of manufactured homes.Among the victims was Cindy Sanford, who stood before the wreckage of what had been her manufactured home.Note to readers: if you purchase something through one of our affiliate links we may earn a commission.Registration on or use of this site constitutes acceptance of our © 2020 Advance Local Media LLC. Many tornadoes that occur in this area are "rain-wrapped," so they are less visible to the naked eye, CNN meteorologists say.Tornadoes in the South tend to stay on the ground longer and move faster. Mississippi, Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia, to upstate South Carolina and western North Carolina. Throw the housing factor in and the mobile homes, even the weaker tornadoes, they’re not going to withstand that," Satterwhite said.More manufactured homes in areas of higher population density only begin to explain the disparity between Southern and Midwestern death tolls. Southern tornadoes also tend to move faster and stay on the ground longer. This region is geographically different and has more diverse landscapes than the Great Plains. It stretches from eastern Texas and Arkansas across Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia, and far western Kentucky to upstate South Carolina and western North Carolina; the area reaches as far north as southeast Missouri.
“We have so many more mobile homes in the southeastern U.S. We have more trees. That's particularly true in Alabama, which leads the nation in average tornado deaths per year at 14.From 1950 to 2016, Alabama has had more tornado fatalities (633) than Texas (552) despite averaging three times fewer tornadoes per year, the Montgomery newspaper reported. "The thing is, we live in Dixie Alley, in the No. BEAUREGARD, Ala. (AP) — The part of the South known for deadly tornadoes — “Dixie Alley” — is continuing to live up to its name.Recent research has found that tornadoes are occurring more frequently in the region than in part of the Great Plains which has been known as “Tornado Alley,” The Montgomery Advertiser Northern Illinois University professor Victor Gensini found that twisters are occurring more frequently in the southern version of Tornado Alley.
Some scientists believe climate change is responsible for dryer Midwestern conditions, which in turn halts moisture-dependent storm fronts from developing until further east. "You remember when the tornado came through Tuscaloosa? We have more poverty and studies have shown that access to getting information and getting warnings are big players. Birmingham, Alabama was been rated the third top tornado city in 2013. “Dixie Alley” includes Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee and Georgia.The cause of the shift is unknown, though some theories focus on climate change, the newspaper reported. That means that its average forward speed was nearly 55 mph (90 kph).The tornado also illustrated the vulnerability of manufactured homes.Among the victims was Cindy Sanford, who stood before the wreckage of what had been her manufactured home.Connect with the definitive source for global and local news It also came through here. Why don’t we act like it? The cause of the shift is unknown, though some theories focus on climate change, the newspaper reported. But the shift has resulted in deadlier tornadoes, particularly in Alabama, which leads the nation in average tornado deaths per year (14).From 1950 to 2016, Alabama has had more tornado fatalities (633) than Texas (552) despite averaging three times fewer tornadoes per year.As a result, the question for many researchers became: Why are fewer tornadoes killing more people?When compared to a state such as Kansas, which on average sees twice as many tornadoes annually, Alabama has higher population density and more trees that can topple or be turned into projectiles. "Even with fewer tornadoes in the future or the same number, we're going to have more of these tornado disasters like we saw yesterday, because our exposure is continuing to grow, Gensini said.The average tornado fatalities were highest in Alabama with 14 deaths per year followed by Missouri, 8, and Tennessee, 6, according to the Although those states led in the average number of tornado fatalities, they were not the states with the most tornadoes.