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A succession of tornadoes ripped through Alabama's Lee County on Sunday wit...

- A succession of tornadoes ripped through Alabama’s Lee County on Sunday with winds of 150 miles per hour , killing at least 23 people including children in the deadliest such storms to strike the United States in almost six years.

Tornadoes occur when dry cold air moving south from Canada meets warm moist air traveling north from the Gulf of Mexico, according to the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research. But a tornado warning is not issued until a tornado has been sighted or indicated by weather radar, the prediction center says.Most tornadoes are found in the Great Plains of the central United States, also known as Tornado Alley, according to the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research.

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