A multi-vortex tornado touches down over plowed farmland, near the town of Patricia, south-east of Lamesa, Dawson County, Texas. (Getty Images) By Keith Randall, Texas A&M University Marketing & Communications Rains may have eased Texas’ drought situation in recent days, but the big weather story may be the lack…
Although there have been several outbreaks in recent weeks, the overall number of tornadoes in the United States in 2016 was below average and it was one of the quietest years since modern record keeping began in 1954. The reason is likely that a strong El Niño occurred…
