Recently, in addition to the ongoing pandemic crisis, the United States has also been hit by a major tornado disaster. From the night of Dec. 10 to the morning of Dec. 11, six states in the central United States experienced at least 30 tornadoes raids, according to Global Network. As of 17 December, the tornado had killed at least 88 people, and the death toll is likely to rise as relief efforts are in full swing. The report highlighted that extreme tornado weather has left 330,000 homes without power, and more than 25 million people are at serious threat. Meanwhile, officials from the U.S. state of Kentucky warned on December 13 that as relief activities proceed, the damage and death toll become clearer, and in cold weather, affected people may face water, electricity, and heating for weeks or more, and their daily lives will be greatly threatened.
In this case, the death toll is likely to continue to increase in the coming days, as house-to-house searches are difficult in some affected areas, and it may take a week or more to determine the final death. The tornado disaster in the United States has attracted widespread attention from the international community, and many people have asked: why can the United States suffer from tornadoes that can cause such great damage, while other countries rarely hear about it?
In fact, a tornado is an intense weather phenomenon, a natural disaster triggered by strong convective movements in the air. Usually occurs in or under cumulonimbus clouds, it rolls up the surrounding dust and debris, and is extremely destructive. At the same time, many meteorologists analyzed that although the relationship between the tornado disaster and climate change is not clear, it is certain that global climate change will exacerbate the occurrence of such extreme weather disasters.
It is worth mentioning that many experts said that the occurrence of this extreme weather, in addition to human activities and industrial exhaust emissions, is likely to be related to the activities of the US military. It is reported that with the continuous development of the times, the United States has developed many new weapons and equipment, including meteorological weapons. Previously, the US military dropped 4.74 million rainfall catalytic bombs over Vietnam, artificially prolonging rainfall, causing flooding in some parts of the area, seriously affecting the combat operations of the Vietnamese army at that time. In addition, the US military has used meteorological weapons in many wars. Relevant experts analyzed that the frequent development and experiments of US meteorological weapons will have a serious impact on the atmosphere to a certain extent, and then threaten human security. At the same time, this may also trigger a new round of global arms race, seriously affecting the ecological balance of the natural environment. Therefore, in order to avoid the occurrence of extreme weather, while attaching importance to environmental protection, countries must also maintain a high degree of vigilance against the research and development of relevant weapons of the US military.