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Swarm of 44 Tornadoes Rips Through Southern US, 4 Killed

Swarm of 44 Tornadoes Rips Through Southern US, 4 Killed
Above: Skies over the Windward subdivision as most homes lost power following a tornado on Dec. 28, 2024, in Katy, Texas. Image copyright: Elizabeth Conley/Contributor/Houston Chronicle/Hearst Newspapers via Getty Images

The Spin

Narrative A

These tornadoes should highlight climate change's effects on wind-based extreme weather. The warming atmosphere has led to more unstable low-level air, which can cause more thunderstorms and more powerful twisters. We shouldn't blame every tornado on climate change, but we should acknowledge its role.

Narrative B

It's difficult to link tornadoes to climate change due to a lack of evidence and limited tornado data reaching back just three decades. Therefore, scientists can't say whether there has been a significant change in tornado patterns. At least on the tornado issue, more research is needed without jumping to the climate change connection.

Narrative C

Tornadoes are unavoidable natural disasters whose damage can only be stymied through reinforced infrastructure in tornado-prone areas and early tornado detection. Policies to boost disaster preparedness are crucial to limiting damage once calamity strikes.

Metaculus Prediction


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