Drought, Urbanization Were Ingredients For Atlanta's Perfect Sto...

Courtesy ScienceDaily  Wed, 03/18/2009 - 09:00

On March 14, 2008, a tornado swept through downtown Atlanta, its 130 mile-per-hour winds ripping holes in the roof of the Georgia Dome, blowing out office windows, and trashing parts of Centennial Olympic Park.

It was an event so rare in an urban landscape that researchers immediately began to examine NASA satellite data and historical archives to see what weather and climatological ingredients may have combined to brew such a storm.

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