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Tornadoes in the UK are surprisingly common and no one knows why

(Version anglaise seulement)

par David Schultz, Professor of Synoptic Meteorology, University of Manchester

A small tornado recently passed through the town of Littlehampton on England’s south coast. Strong winds smashed windows, moved cars and left one person injured.

You might associate tornadoes with the plains of the central US, but they’re surprisingly common in the UK too – albeit smaller and weaker. In fact, my former PhD student Kelsey Mulder found that the UK has about 2.3 tornadoes…

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