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Anybody who grew up in the Midwest is familiar with the threat of tornadoes, but why are tornadoes so prevalent in the American Midwest and not other places in the world? Today we talk with Pecos Hank to learn what causes tornadoes to form and why the United States gets way more of them than anywhere else in the world.

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LINKS LINKS LINKS:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1979_Red_River_Valley_tornado_outbreak

https://www.weatherwizkids.com/weather-tornado.htm

https://scied.ucar.edu/learning-zone/storms/how-tornadoes-form

https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/26/weather/tornado-facts-formation-supercell/index.html

https://www.weather.gov/oun/efscale

https://scied.ucar.edu/learning-zone/storms/tornadoes/where-tornadoes-happen

https://www.usatoday.com/in-depth/news/nation/2021/06/16/tornado-season-changing-spreading-across-south-deaths-and-destruction/5134403001/

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/8/11/just-how-common-are-tornadoes-in-europe

https://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/which-areas-around-the-world-are-most-prone-to-tornadoes/361551

https://www.thoughtco.com/worlds-worst-tornadoes-3555048

https://talkweather.com/threads/tornadoes-on-other-planets-moons.1724/

https://www.sciencefocus.com/planet-earth/the-weirdest-and-rarest-weather-phenomena-from-around-the-world/

https://www.redcross.org/get-help/how-to-prepare-for-emergencies/types-of-emergencies/tornado.html