Where do tornadoes often occur in the United States?

There are more than 6,543,800 people living along Interstate 44 between Oklahoma City and Tulsa (the two most populous cities in Oklahoma). Every spring, dry and cold air from the Loki Mountains passes through the lower plains, and hot and humid air from the Gulf Line meets it northward. Residents living in this tornado zone, which is called by the locals, have suffered greatly in this tornado season.

Since 1890, more than 120 tornadoes have hit Oklahoma City and its surrounding areas, and the city currently has a population of about 700,000. 1The tornado on May 3rd, 999 was even worse. * * * Seventy tornadoes hit Oklahoma, Kansas and Texas. Some of the most destructive tornadoes swept through Oklahoma City, destroying 65,438+0,700 houses and damaging 6,500 buildings. Even with modern forecasting and early warning systems, the F5 tornado that hit Oklahoma City still killed 40 people. This natural disaster not only claimed lives, but also caused losses of more than $654.38 billion. From 1950, the longest record of no tornado in this area is five years-from 1992 to 1998. As if looking for compensation, the area experienced 1 1 tornadoes in the following month.

Tulsa, northeast of Oklahoma City, was also damaged when the tornado struck. From 1950 to 2006, there were 69 tornadoes passing through Tulsa County with a population of 590,000, but none was as devastating as Oklahoma City. Because the city is located along the Arkansas River and built in a large number of rivers and flood areas, Tulsa is particularly vulnerable to heavy rain, and the bad weather in Oklahoma is also accompanied by heavy rain. The floods of 1974, 1976 and 1984 caused hundreds of thousands of yuan of losses.