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In the U.S., tornadoes ire responsible for 80 deaths and morę than 1,500 injuries each year. Although they occur quite freąuently, tornadoes are difficult to predict. Whyr Tornadoes devclop ifom >:orms, but only some storms have the potential to me tornadoes. Meteorologists doiTt know where and when a storni will touch the ground and turn into a tornado. Today, the warning time for a tornado is usually just 15 minutes.
Tim Samaras is a storm chaser. His job is to find tornadoes and follow them. When he gcts close to a . tornado, he puts a speciai too: called a tur tle probe on the ground. This tool measureś things like a twister’s temperaturę, humidity,1 and wind speed. With this information, Samaras can leam what causes tornadoes to 15 dcvelop. If meteorologists understand this, they can wam peoplc about twisters sooner and save lives.
How docs Samaras hunt tornadoes: It’s not easy. First, he has to find one. Tornados are too smali to see using weather satellitcs.2 So Samaras can't rely on these tools to find a 20 twister. Instead he waits for tornadoes to develop. Every May and June, Samaras drives about 40.000 kilometers (25,000 miles) across an area known as Tornado Allcy, looking and hoping to spot a twister.
Oncc Samaras sees a tornado, the chase begins. But a 25 tornado is hard to follow. Some tornadoes change direction several tinies—for cxample, moving east and then west and then east again. When Samaras finaily gets near a tornado, he puts the turtle probe on the ground. Being this close to a twister is terrifying. Debris is fiying in the air. The wind is 30 blowing at high speed. He musi get away quickly.
The work is risky, even for a skilled chaser like Samaras.
But danger won’t stop his hunt for the perfect storm.
Humidity is the amount of water in the air.
A weather satellite is a tool that circles the Earth and sends back information about the weather.
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