The quest to understand tornadoes

Photo caption: This stovepipe tornado formed under an intense rotating wall cloud near Keota, Iowa, on March 31, 2023. Photo credit: Jonah Lange / Getty. Article by Carolyn Wilke, Knowable Magazine. Ars Technica – October 22, 2023. Source: Knowable Magazine.

One muggy day in July 1986, a news helicopter was recording footage of a festival in Minneapolis when the pilot and photographer glimpsed a tornado over nearby Brooklyn Park. They moved toward it, filming the powerful twister for 25 minutes, mesmerizing viewers watching it live on TV. […]

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