Repeat deadly storms are ‘unusual’
WASHINGTON — Weather experts said it’s unusual for deadly tornadoes to develop a few weeks apart in the United States.
But what made the two storm systems that barreled through a Missouri city and the South within the last month so rare is that tornadoes took direct aim at populated areas.
The tornado that hit Joplin, Mo., on Sunday killed more than 100 people and marked the nation’s deadliest single torna...
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