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Tornado
A violently rotating storm of small diameter; the most violent weather phenomenon. It is produced in a very severe thunderstorm and appears as a funnel cloud extending from the base of a cumulonimbus to the ground. A funnel cloud is a tornado that has not touched the ground. Tornados can appear in many different colors depending on the type of dust they pick up from the earth. sources: GLIDE; WMO
Canada: Helping at-risk populations survive tornadoes
12 Sep 2012, CFP
In the event of a tornado, additional lead time does little for at-risk populations that cannot evacuate and must seek 'shelter-in-place.' Now is the time to address improved construction standards and to have the discussion regarding at-risk populations, reports the Canadian Free Press...
- 3rd climate change technology conference27-29 May 2013, Canada (Montreal)
- 7th European conference on severe storms03-07 Jun 2013, Finland (Helsinki)
- 5th International conference on structural engineering, mechanics and computation02-04 Sep 2013, South Africa (Cape Town)
- Disaster Management and Humanitarian AssistanceUH, Honolulu, Hawaii
- Emergency ManagementFleming College, Peterborough, Ontario
- Maestria en Ambiente Mitigacion y Prevencion de DesastresUNI, Managua, Nicaragua
Teacher's manual on disaster risk reduction education2012, CI; MOET, Viet Nam - gov; Plan Intl; SCI
The Arcón method: descriptive synthesis1998, CTRIMA
Munich Re: Worldwide distribution of natural catastrophes in 2011Jan 2012, Munich Re
Natural loss events January – June 2011Jul 2011, Munich Re
| Source of data: OFDA/CRED International Disaster Database |
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