Trouble Ahead (IMAGE)

Columbia Climate School

Trouble Ahead

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A tornado brews near El Reno, Okla., May 2013. A new study links the frequency of tornadoes and hailstorms in parts of the southern United States to ENSO, a cyclic temperature pattern in the Pacific Ocean.

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John Allen

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