Staggering maps show how 'Tornado Alley' has dramatically shifted - are YOU at risk?

America's overmuch feared Tornado Alley has shifted towards nan Midwest and Southeast arsenic experts foretell a higher number of storms successful coming years.

Tornado Alley, a word first utilized in 1952, describes nan areas successful cardinal US and Canada wherever tornadoes are astir often experienced. 

Until recently, these areas person predominately been nan states of Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas. 

But a caller study released successful nan Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology has concluded that awesome tornado activity has now moved towards Mississippi, Louisiana, Alabama, Virginia, West Virginia and Pennsylvania. 

The scientists noted that betwixt 1951 and 1985, nan earthy disaster was mostly concentrated successful nan cardinal plains but between 1986 to 2020, a higher number of tornadoes were recorded successful nan Midwest and Southeast. 

According to nan study, incidents of nan whirlwind person dropped by 25 percent successful nan occidental portion of nan state betwixt some nan clip periods - going from 8,450 to 6,300.

During nan aforesaid artifact of time, tornado activity successful nan eastbound United States has accrued by 12 percent - rising from 9,400 to 10,500. 

Earlier this week, terrified passengers connected a formation trying to time off Chicago O'Hare airdrome were near stranded and begging for thief amid terrible storms and a tornado warning. 

A video posted to societal media from nan wrong of a level showed nan craft being shaken by nan tornado. Lightning strikes could beryllium seen arcing crossed nan nighttime entity arsenic dense rainfall poured down. 

Courtney Mares, a journalist for Catholic News Agency who took nan video connected nan plane, said: 'Our level is sitting connected nan runway astatine Chicago O'Hare correct now while everyone's phones person aggregate tornado warnings.

'Captain announced that aerial postulation power and crushed power person evacuated.

'Plane is shaking arsenic it is blown backmost and distant by nan wind.' 

As galore arsenic 10 simultaneous tornadoes were spotted by nan National Weather Service successful nan metropolitan area of nan Windy City, pinch 1 hurtling towards nan world airport. 

The large wind was truthful bad that a shelter-in-place bid was issued for nan area, pinch passengers successful nan terminal building being made to get distant from windows, while others were told to caput underground. 

But passengers already connected outbound flights could do small much than watch and hold successful terror. According to FlightAware, much than 60 flights were cancelled and complete 400 were delayed astatine O'Hare alone. 

In May 2023, officials successful Virginia Beach were connected nan streets clearing debris, consisting of ample fallen trees and immense parts of people's houses, including full roofs after a immense tornado destroyed arsenic galore arsenic 100 homes.

Powerline workers were besides present, clearing roads of fallen pylons and tending to damaged transmission lines to reconstruct powerfulness to hundreds of homes.

Virginia Natural Gas was besides attending homes pinch state leaks and Dominion Power, nan section power institution headquartered successful Richmond, was responding pinch crews. 

The tornado deed nan Great Neck area of nan metropolis and was truthful terrible nan metropolis declared a section authorities of emergency.

The tornado deed nan Great Neck area of nan metropolis conscionable earlier 6pm connected Sunday and was truthful terrible nan metropolis declared a section authorities of emergency.

The National Weather Service announced that nan cyclone was an EF-3 tornado, meaning it carried winds of betwixt 136 and 165 mph. The highest standing connected nan Enhanced Fujita Scale is an EF-5.

Last June, a tornado ripped done a mini town successful Mississippi sidesplitting 1 and injuring astir 20. 

The twister touched down successful Louin successful Jasper County - a mini municipality of astir 275 group - astatine astir 11.40pm and tore isolated houses, trapping residents nether their homes and triggering a rescue cognition done nan night.

Injured residents were seen being loaded from among nan rubble onto stretchers and into ambulances to nan South Central Regional Medical Center successful Jackson.

Aerial footage captured erstwhile nan sun had risen  showed nan grade of nan harm to homes and cars.

Fast winds tore retired trees and successful cardinal and eastbound Mississippi arsenic galore arsenic 50 percent of residents remained without power.

Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves said astatine nan clip that different tornado struck Rankin County, southeast of Florence nan aforesaid night, though did not consequence successful fatalities.'