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A few basic structural upgrades account for the improved performance: A continuous load path to resist wind uplift; strong lateral bracing (or engineered shear walls) to resist the sideways pressure of wind; hardened or protected windows and doors to resist penetration by windborne debris; and improved water-tight and water-shedding details to res…
CoreLogic® today released its annual Natural Hazard Risk Summary and Analysis which shows relatively average or below-average activity for most U.S. natural hazards with the exception of flood and wind, both of which saw above-average activity, due in large part to Hurricane Matthew. The report reviews annual hazard activity in the U.S. i…
As severe weather brewed in the Texas panhandle late in the afternoon of May 16, NOAA National Weather Service forecasters alerted residents in parts of western Oklahoma about the potential for large hail and damaging tornadoes that evening, particularly in the area around Elk City.
Ninety minutes later, a dangerous, rain-wrapped EF-2 tornado struck th…
When mere seconds of storm warning could mean the difference between harm or safety, two researchers with Western University ties have developed a tornado-prediction method they say could buy as much as 20 minutes more warning time.
These radar-based calculations can forecast a tornado, with 90 per cent accuracy within a 100-kilometre radius, say Anna…