Illinois leads the country in the number of tornadoes this year.
Data show that so far Illinois sits at 132 preliminary tornado reports this year. That's way ahead of the next closest state, with 90 tornadoes, said Victor Gensini, an associate professor in the Department of Earth, Atmosphere and Environment at Northern Illinois University."You have to point to the atmospheric ingredients this year that have been so prevalent across the state of Illinois to produce these storms," said Gensini. "We look at things like wind sheer, instability.
"More tornadoes early in the season and more tornadoes late in the season and kind of a removal in the middle of that peak season," said Gensini. "That's sort of a hallmark of what we're seeing in regards to severe weather trends across the Midwest.SEE ALSO: Naperville news: Residents still cleaning up after 2021 tornado; group secures $1.5M in funding
"There's nothing that the buildings will do to stop the thunderstorms," said Gensini. "The lake on most days does have a mitigating effect, but the idea of Chicago stopping a severe weather threat or tornado is definitely an urban myth."The idea that climate change has an effect on the intensity and frequency of tornadoes is still not known, according to Gensini.
Still, Gensini said people can do their part to combat climate change by reducing their carbon footprint. Gensini said it's a problem that he and his team at NIU continue to address. "Can we look at these long-range forecasts of climate projections out decades into the future and can we mine through these data sets using high resolution modeling to actually extract what the future of those perils might be?" he asked.
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