Tornado alley is expanding — and scientists don’t know why

[memph]

Originally Posted by Miss Hepburn

Hey! I even surprised myself...that was not a stupid ques...I googled it:

''The United States has the most tornadoes of any country. Many of these form in an area of the central United States known as Tornado Alley. This area extends into Canada, particularly the prairie provinces and Ontario."

Yeah, I'm moving just down the street from the Ontario community that experienced the first recorded F4 tornado back in the late 1800s. But for the most part tornadoes, while they can happen, are still much less common in Canada and much more rarely F4+ than in the south central US.

If you look at the deadliest tornadoes, most of the were in Bangladesh, probably due to a combination of higher population density, and less safety features (ex no tornado sirens, vulnerable dwellings without basements?)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...or_more_deaths

[North 42]

Originally Posted by Miss Hepburn

Stupid ques maybe.
Is America the only place getting these tornadoes!!?
My God!

After the States, Canada comes in at number two for number of tornadoes per year.

[memph]

Originally Posted by North 42

After the States, Canada comes in at number two for number of tornadoes per year.

Do you know if smaller countries with tornadoes like the Netherlands or Bangladesh having a higher density of tornadoes than the highest risk parts of Canada (SW Ontario)? It's a bit tricky to compare those much smaller countries to a large one like Canada.