Public alert and warning system literature review in the USA: identifying research gaps and lessons for practice

AA Sadiq, R Okhai, J Tyler, R Entress - Natural hazards, 2023 - Springer
As emergencies continue to impact communities in the USA on an unprecedented scale, it is
imperative for communities to look for effective ways to keep people safe and reduce future …

Effects of optimism on recovery and mental health after a tornado outbreak

EG Carbone, ET Echols - Psychology & health, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Objective: Dispositional optimism, a stable expectation that good things will happen, has
been shown to improve health outcomes in a wide range of contexts, but very little research …

Sustainability Nexus AID: storms

SM Papalexiou, G Mascaro, AG Pendergrass… - Sustainability Nexus …, 2025 - Springer
Storms include a range of weather events resulting in heavy liquid and solid precipitation
and high winds. These events critically impact crops and natural resources and, in turn …

[HTML][HTML] Tornado fatalities: An environmental perspective

AK Anderson-Frey, H Brooks - Weather and Forecasting, 2019 - journals.ametsoc.org
Tornado Fatalities: An Environmental Perspective in: Weather and Forecasting Volume 34
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Staying safe in a tornado: A qualitative inquiry into public knowledge, access, and response to tornado warnings

JE Walters, LR Mason, K Ellis… - Weather and …, 2020 - journals.ametsoc.org
Tornadoes in the southeastern United States continue to cause substantial injury, death, and
destruction. The present study seeks to 1) understand inadequate warning access, less …

Population and energy elasticity of tornado casualties

T Fricker, JB Elsner, TH Jagger - Geophysical Research Letters, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Tornadoes are capable of catastrophic destruction and mass casualties, but there are yet no
estimates of how sensitive the number of casualties are to changes in the number of people …

[HTML][HTML] Assessment of NWS county warning area tornado risk, exposure, and vulnerability

SM Strader, AM Haberlie… - Weather, climate, and …, 2021 - journals.ametsoc.org
Assessment of NWS County Warning Area Tornado Risk, Exposure, and Vulnerability in:
Weather, Climate, and Society Volume 13 Issue 2 (2021) Jump to Content Logo Logo Logo …

[HTML][HTML] Urban and rural patterns of typhoon mortality in the Philippines

J Gray, S Lloyd, S Healey, A Opdyke - Progress in disaster science, 2022 - Elsevier
Storms continue to be the deadliest type of weather-related disasters globally. The
Philippines is one of the most at risk countries to disasters, yet there continues to be gaps in …

All-cause hospital admissions among older adults after a natural disaster

SA Bell, M Abir, HJ Choi, C Cooke… - Annals of emergency …, 2018 - Elsevier
Study objective We characterize hospital admissions among older adults for any cause in
the 30 days after a significant natural disaster in the United States. The main outcome was …

[HTML][HTML] How mobile home residents understand and respond to tornado warnings

BF Liu, M Egnoto, JKR Lim - Weather, climate, and society, 2019 - journals.ametsoc.org
Mobile home residents experience higher fatality rates from tornadoes than “fixed home”
residents. Yet, research on how mobile home residents understand and respond to tornado …