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Map the geographic area where tornado alley is located in the United States? How many states are impacted by tornadoes in America? Where is tornado alley in relation to where hurricanes hit? Is there any overlap? Is the community where you live prone to natural disasters? What type of natural disaster causes the most devastation in America each year?
What causes a tornado to form? What factors affect how powerful it becomes? What's the difference between a tornado watch and a tornado warning zone? How have meteorological advances increased the warning time that people have before a tornado hits?
Research what the WC-130 is and the work that it does. Would you want to fly aboard this plane, why or why not? What scientific advances have real-live storm chasers made?