Tornadoes are deadlier in Mid-South; NOAA wants to know why
Texas Tech student Joshua Ostaszewski breaks down a weather monitoring device known as a StickNet during a demonstration at the Agricenter Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2023. (Patrick Lantrip/The Daily Memphian)
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The largest tornado field study in more than a decade kicked off its second round of data collection from Memphis recently.
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This story is a product of the Mississippi River Basin Ag & Water Desk, an editorially independent reporting network based at the University of Missouri School of Journalism in partnership with Report For America and funded by the Walton Family Foundation.
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Keely Brewer
Keely Brewer is a Report for America corps member covering environmental impacts on communities of color in Memphis. She is working in partnership with the Ag & Water Desk, a sustainable reporting network aimed at telling water and agriculture stories across the Mississippi River Basin.
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