The National Weather Service is partnering up with Verizon’s first responder network to deploy drones after a storm or tornado.
Verizon’s first responder network inked a deal to share its drones with the National Weather Service in the hopes of “rapidly” deploying the drones to survey the aftermath of storms and tornadoes. The US copes with more tornadoes than any other country, and millions of Americans have been under tornado watches this week as storms sweep across the Central US.
But exactly how, when, and why tornadoes form is still an area of open research. The impact of climate change on tornadoes is an even bigger mystery to solve. Drones could give scientists a new perspective as they try to answer those questions. After a storm, National Weather Service employees fan out to survey the aftermath and gather data that might improve forecasts for future tornadoes.
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