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Article Review #1 Student’s Name University Course Professor Date Article Review #1 Article Citation in APA 6th Edition Formatting Fuhrmann, C. M., Konrad, C. E., Kovach, M. M., McLeod, J. T., Schmitz, W. G., & Dixon, P. G. (2014). Ranking of Tornado Outbreaks across the United States and Their Climatological Characteristics. Weather and Forecasting, 29(3), 684–701. https://doi.org/10.1175/waf-d-13-00128.1 Purpose/Hypothesis/Goals of Paper The main objective of Fuhrmann et al.'s paper "Ranking of Tornado Outbreaks across the United States and Their Climatological Characteristics" is to examine, rank, and discuss the climatology of tornado outbreaks in the United States. The areas of research interest of the authors are improving the knowledge of natural disasters and the analysis of the area, severity, and regions of their manifestation (Fuhrmann et al., 2014). They will posit that a more effective ranking can provide valuable information regarding the intensity of threat of tornado outbreaks in terms of lives and assets. Hence, the paper's main purpose is to contribute to the scientific discourse on the topic of tornado outbreaks and provide insights into the formulation of appropriate approaches and measures to combat the issue. To achieve this, the authors in this paper seek to enhance our understanding of tornadoes' climatological characteristics to reduce damages to the society affected by tornadoes (Fuhrmann et al., 2014). It is crucial in climatic change deduction more appropriately due to analyzing tornadoes' behavior to forecast new climatic conditions. Methods The paper's authors have engaged a descriptive and systemic approach to consider tornado events. They proposed a measure dependent on path length, which is the distance that the tornado moved, ...