Unlike hurricanes, tornadoes often strike with terrifying speed. They arrive fast leaving little time to seek shelter or evacuate.

Consider these pivotal moments: In 2011, the Super Outbreak that swept through the Southeast and Midwest, claiming over 300 lives in what remains the deadliest tornado event in U.S. history. Then, in 2013, an EF5 tornado tore through Moore, Oklahoma, destroying neighborhoods and taking 24 lives. The 2017 Illinois-Kentucky outbreak saw a long-track EF4 tornado inflict widespread damage across both states.

More recently, a 2019 tornado series ravaged Alabama and Georgia, while a 2021 EF4 tornado carved a rare, destructive path through western Kentucky—killing over 80 people and lingering for hours. In 2023 alone, two major outbreaks struck: one with over 100 tornadoes across the Midwest and South, and another featuring powerful EF3 and EF4 storms that tore through Arkansas, Illinois, and Indiana.

The challenges are immediate and severe: tornadoes strike too fast for warnings, unleash destructive winds that hurl debris, shatter infrastructure from power lines to roads, force families into displacement, strain search-and-rescue teams, and leave wounds that linger long after the storm passes. It is important to remember that rural areas face added peril, with delayed emergency response amplifying every risk.
Having resourcess at hand helps you survive those critical moments during, and immediately following the event.

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