Large-scale fire whirl and forest fire disasters: Awareness, implications, and the need for developing preventative methods

A Darwish Ahmad, NK Akafuah, J Forthofer… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The authors are a team of fire whirl researchers who have been actively studying whirls and
large-scale wildland fires by directly observing them through fire-fighting efforts and applying …

Natural hazards, disasters, and demographic change: The case of severe tornadoes in the United States, 1980–2010

EJ Raker - Demography, 2020 - Springer
Natural hazards and disasters distress populations and inflict damage on the built
environment, but existing studies yielded mixed results regarding their lasting demographic …

Chasing Storms: Temporal Work to Foster Group Engagement under Uncertainty

D Kent, N Granqvist - Academy of Management Journal, 2024 - journals.aom.org
Experiences of group engagement have a significant impact on members' performance and
satisfaction with work. In temporally uncertain settings, however, unpredictable transitions …

[PDF][PDF] Study of tornadoes that have reached the state of Parana

R Gobato, A Gobato, DFG Fedrigo - Parana J. Sci. Educ, 2016 - researchgate.net
Several tornadoes have solid recorded in the Midwest, Southeast and South of Brazil. The
southern region of Brazil has been hit by several of them in the last decade, highlighted the …

Tornado-induced structural damage based on reconnaissance surveys of the 2019 Jefferson City, Missouri, Tornado and Previous Notable Tornadoes

R Honerkamp, G Yan, D Han, R Feng, Z Li… - Natural Hazards …, 2022 - ascelibrary.org
Tornadoes are violent, short-lived wind phenomena that may result in catastrophic damage
to homes and property and significant fatalities. Based on statistical data, a majority of …

[PDF][PDF] Spiral galaxies and powerful extratropical cyclone in the Falklands Islands

R Gobato, A Mitra, A Heidari… - Physics & Astronomy …, 2022 - researchgate.net
The occurrence of cyclones is relatively common for the region at this time of year, but the
recent phenomenon has been exacerbated by other meteorological and atmospheric …

An Agent-Based Modeling Approach to Protective Action Decision-Related Travel during Tornado Warnings

JJ Hatzis, J Kim, KE Klockow-McClain - Natural Hazards Review, 2024 - ascelibrary.org
Tornadoes represent a significant threat to life and property and tend to evoke protective
action in most people. Studies have suggested that many people travel to the nearest storm …

[HTML][HTML] Jet Stream as a major factor of tornados in USA

IG Zurbenko, M Sun - Atmospheric and Climate Sciences, 2016 - scirp.org
Using the Modern-Era Retrospective Analysis for Research and Applications (MERRA)
reanalysis data resources for the period 1979 to 1988, we defined the spatial distribution …

Implications of the 2011 Tuscaloosa EF4 tornado for shelter and refuge decisions

JB Mason, JC Senkbeil - Natural hazards, 2014 - Springer
This research provides an overview and discussion of language used in tornado safety
recommendations along with development of a rubric for scaled tornado safety …

Post-storm damage surveys of tornado hazards in Canada: Implications for mitigation and policy

S Harrison, A Silver, B Doberstein - International journal of disaster risk …, 2015 - Elsevier
Tornadoes have the potential to cause significant destruction and loss of life in many regions
across Canada. Accordingly, these hazards are essential to consider for a comprehensive …