NEW YORK (CNN) In recent years, scientists have noticed an increased frequency of tornadoes in the Southeast, carving a deadly path in what's called Dixie Alley.

This region includes portions of eastern Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama and Georgia. Tornado Alley includes the area from central Texas stretching north to Iowa, and from central Kansas and Nebraska east to western Ohio, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

While Tornado Alley in the Great Plains still leads in the number of tornadoes, more are appearing in the South. And tornadoes shifting to this region can take a devastating toll.

Unlike the Plains, where a tornado can be seen coming from miles away, the South has more rugged terrain and more trees, making it more difficult to spot a tornado. Many tornadoes that occur in this area are "rain-wrapped," so they are less visible to the naked eye, CNN meteorologists say.

More heavily forested areas in the South leads to more trees being toppled by storms or turned into projectiles as well.

Tornadoes in the South tend to stay on the ground longer and move faster. Many storms in Dixie Alley are pushed by a stronger jet stream, which results in faster-moving storms.

It's not uncommon for a tornado in the Southeast to travel faster than 50 mph (80 kph). This puts more pressure on forecasters to get a tornado warning out in enough time for the public to react, CNN meteorologists say. Nashville residents had only minutes of lead time ahead of the deadly tornado that struck there Tuesday just after midnight.

Many of the storms occur overnight, when most people are sleeping and unaware that a tornado is approaching. Many homes in the Southeast lack a basement or underground shelter. In 2008, the US Census Bureau reported that only 10% of new homes included a basement whereas 75% of new homes in the Northeast and Midwest had a basement.

It's not an anomaly that tornadoes appear in the Southeast every year, but they present different vulnerabilities, Victor Gensini, a professor of meteorology at Northern Illinois University, told CNN last year.

"As you move east from Kansas to Mississippi, Georgia, Tennessee, the population density increases rapidly and we also have an issue in the Southeast of more mobile homes," he said. "If you get hit in a mobile home from a tornado, you're much more likely to be killed. You just have a really unique exposure and vulnerability problem."

Gensini was co-author on a study that started tracking tornadoes in 1979 and they observed a shift towards the Southeast around 2008.

Even though there are fewer tornadoes in Dixie Alley than in Tornado Alley, there have been more deaths in the Mid-South/Southeast region. That's because now they're occurring in more populated areas.

The average tornado fatalities were highest in Alabama with 14 deaths per year followed by Missouri, eight, and Tennessee with six deaths per year, according to the National Weather Service data from 1985 to 2014.

Although those states led in the average number of tornado fatalities, they were not the states with the most tornadoes. The highest annual average number of tornadoes were reported in Texas with 140, Kansas with 80, and Florida with 59, according to the weather service. Meanwhile, Alabama averaged about 42 tornadoes per year.

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A violent and destructive tornado took a path nearly 50 miles long through downtown Nashville and its surrounding suburbs early Tuesday morning. Tornadoes are one of the most unpredictable natural disasters.

There is also a lot of misinformation and wives tales attached to tornadoes, which can put you or your family in harms way.

As we head into spring and summer where severe weather is a huge threat, we compiled a list of safety tips. Below you'll be find safety tips that lay out what to do before, during and after a tornado. WHAS11 News is also listed some facts about tornadoes from the National Weather Center.

What to do based on where you are:

House/Stand-alone building:

Mobile Home:

Apartment:

Car:

Miscellaneous Tips for Keeping Safe in a Tornado:

FICTION:Lakes, rivers, and mountains protect areas from tornadoes.

FACT:No geographic location is safe from tornadoes. A tornado near Yellowstone National Park left a path of destruction up and down a 10,000 foot mountain.

FICTION: A tornado causes buildings to explode as the tornado passes overhead.

FACT: Violent winds and debris slamming into buildings cause the most structural damage.

FICTION: Open windows before a tornado approaches to equalize pressure and minimize damage.

FACT: Virtually all buildings leak. Leave the windows closed. Take shelter immediately. An underground shelter, basement or safe room are the safest places. If none of those options are available, go to a windowless interior room or hallway.

FICTION:Highway overpasses provide safe shelter from tornadoes.

FACT:The area under a highway overpass is very dangerous in a tornado. If you are in a vehicle, you should immediately seek shelter in a sturdy building. As a last resort, you can either: stay in the car with the seat belt on. Put your head down below the windows, covering with your hands and a blanket if possible, OR if you can safely get noticeably lower than the level of the roadway, exit your car and lie in that area, covering your head with your hands. Your choice should be driven by your specific circumstances.

FICTION:It is safe to take shelter in the bathroom, hallway, or closet of a mobile home.

FACT: Mobile homes are not safe during tornadoes! Abandon your mobile home to seek shelter in a sturdy building immediately. If you live in a mobile home, ensure you have a plan in place that identifies the closest sturdy buildings.

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Delhi, NY -- (ReleaseWire) -- 03/04/2020 -- The Robert O. Mable Agency is a popular and prominent New York-based insurance agency. This prestigious full-service insurance agency is especially renowned for offering home, business, and auto insurance in Hobart and Oneonta New York. The Robert O. Mable Agency is staffed with experienced and well-trained agents. These professionals try their best to ensure that their clients can avail of the best risk management solutions available.

The house is where people live with their whole family and create memories of a lifetime. It is also the place where they keep their most cherished and vital items. Hence, people must take the necessary steps to protect this valuable asset from significant risks. Investing in a home insurance plan is an integral aspect of doing so. Through Robert O. Mable Agency, people can typically invest in the most comprehensive plans for home insurance in Hobart and Walton New York. In addition to the typical primary, secondary, and seasonal homeowners' policies, through this company, people can also seek out risk management solutions for rental properties, mobile homes, vacant homes, and even homes under construction.

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"At ten after one (a.m.) our phones went off, and we responded. I was the officer on call, so I responded [with] all my Red Deer district crew, and we got water and crew from Blackfalds and a crew from Sylvan Lake, and a Red Deer water tanker as well," said Fire Inspector for Red Deer County Scott Tuton.

At approximately 2:30 p.m. on Friday, Tuton said crews were officially underway in their investigation to see if they could determine a cause for the blaze.

"Our crews responded, we set up attack. We focused on the two adjoining structures, to save them but they were fully involved when I arrived on scene. We were able to save one, and the other [structure] we couldn't save, even with aninterior attack," Tuton said.

From the Blackfalds RCMP:

On Feb. 28, 2020, at 2 a.m., Blackfalds RCMP received a 911 call of multiple mobile homes on fire in Less Trailer Park located in Red Deer County, Alta.

Three mobile homes were on fire and Red Deer County Fire Services responded and evacuated neighbouring properties. Emergency medical services transported four personsan adult male, adult female and two male childrento hospital with injuries, including life-threatening injuries.

Red Deer County Fire Services continued to manage the fires until they were completely extinguished.

A search of one of the mobile homes was conducted at approximately 9 a.m., when the fire was completely extinguished.

RCMP were advised by fire personnel that one occupant, believed to be a 7-year-old female child, was located deceased. A search of the structures continues.

Blackfalds RCMP continue to investigate this incident with the assistance of investigators from the Red Deer County Fire Services.

No further information is available at this time.

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One of the most prevalent human characteristics is to fit in, to be a part of something. The realms of fitting in can range from the immediate family life to giving in to peer pressure or societal expectations.

Trends have played a pivotal influence in the lives of hundreds of thousands of people, from attire to behavior to lifestyles. There are the rich and famous whose lifestyles we may envy, there are those whose home life may have forced them into alternative lifestyles not always condoned by society.

The evolution of music is testimony to the trends that have shaped and changed our lives. Elvis' lower body movements during his performances were always controversial - so much that his first television appearance showed only his waist up. The Beatles arrived in America and brought a mass evolution to the music world and are still considered the role model for the light-hearted rock and roll to the intellectual messages of a world in revolution and wish for world peace. Then came the heavy metal and acid rock of the 1970s to disco, classic rock, rap, reggae, alternative rock, alternative Christian, a new wave of traditional country music to the lighter rock and roll sounds that often were labeled cross over.

Last week's column addressed many of the fashion trends that have changed or been revised, updated and renamed over the years. Another trend was body decorating - otherwise known as tattoos. Tattoos were once considered taboo for anyone other than a sailor, but now it is rare to meet someone under 55 who hasn't fallen to boasting a permanent ink design on some part of their body. Who needs jewelry to offset their outfit when their entire body has designs to view and question?

Then body piercing came into the forefront of body decorations. Body piercing requires jewelry, of course, to highlight the holes in the eyebrows, nose, tongue, lips, ears and other body parts not needed named. Depending on the site of the particular piercing, the process requires specialized jewelry that certified body piercers are more than willing to offer. While ear piercing has been acceptable for many years, the latest trend is to put a hole in the ear, then insert a large ring that stretches the ear lobe and usually leaves a large hole if the ear adornment is ever removed just seems painful.

Even the transportation world has undergone its trends. The rise of gas prices launched the creation of smaller vehicles, the rise of NASCAR brought the muscle cars, the creation of all wheel drive and four wheel drives gave us the SUVs. Now we have multiple choices of environmentally safe vehicles ranging from electric cars, crossovers, controlled parking and sensors to warn if an object is too close. It's amazing that with all the new technology with the transportation world, automobile insurance continually rises based on the number of accidents in your particular area of the country rather than based on your personal driving record. Then came the popularity of ATVs and sporting areas to accommodate those die-hard adventurists who dared to go off the beaten path and make their own.

Trailers, otherwise referred to as mobile homes, spread to double wides and have now evolved into modular or manufactured homes that feature far more extravagant fixtures than many houses in that price range, and don't have the steep depreciation formerly associated with mobile homes of the past. The latest trend is the little houses that can used for a two-person family or as a separate living unit for single people and dealers that spring up in every vacant lot in the local area.

Reality TV has dominated the home viewers' selections of shows, launched by "Survivor" and copied in many other themed shows that offer an evening of bliss for adventurers and endless nights of monotone narrators and actors whose orchestrated discoveries lay the groundwork for season after season. Talent testing shows have also risen and fallen over the past years, with some lasting and some fading silently into the network's history books.

The world has undergone a multitude of changes since the Baby Boomer generation - some trends that have lasted, some that have made their debut and faded away almost as fast. Some trends have paved the way for future exploration and development, while others have simply marked "the signs of the times."

But regardless of the trend, I will always uphold two things in the fashion world - 1. Jeans, regardless of whether they cost $5 in a thrift store or carry a $500 price tag from a designer, are just that - jeans. Paired with a suit jacket or an expensive top or a $500 pair of boots, they are casual wear and are not dressy in the business world, and 2. Tennis shoes are tennis shoes and will never make the "Best Dressed" list with dresses, suits, and NEVER EVER with a tuxedo!

Nita Johnson is a staff writer at the Sentinel-Echo. She can be contacted njohnson@sentinel-echo.com.

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PAGE COUNTY, Va. (WHSV) The Page County Sheriff's Office and Shenandoah County Sheriff's Office are each asking for information from people about a suspicious man driving a white work van.

A van was spotted in a Page County neighborhood Tuesday morning and reports have come in about two incidents in which a suspicious man approached children in Shenandoah County.

Report in Page County

According to the Page County Sheriff's Office, deputies got a report on March 4 that a white panel work van with the words "Free Candy" written on the side was seen on March 3.

A parent said that her children were outside playing when they spotted the van not far from their home, found it suspicious, and ran back inside.

The sheriff's office says the report came from the area of Luray Mobile Homes on Rt. 340 North, just north of Luray.

Deputies are planning to increase patrols in the area to ensure everyone's safety and are also working with Page County Public Schools so faculty can be vigilant as well.

But that's not the only area where a suspicious van has been spotted.

Reports in Shenandoah County

According to the Shenandoah County Sheriff's Office, they've gotten two reports of incidents involving a suspicious white man driving a white work van and approaching children.

Deputies say the first incident happened at a child care center, where a man was seen outside of the center, where children were playing. An employee approached the man and asked him to leave. At that point, deputies say he walked to a backfield near the center and continued to watch everyone that was outside. The child care center employees brought all the children inside and reported the man to law enforcement.

A second incident involved children playing outside near their homes when a man approached them, asking if he could play too, and then asked if they would want to leave with him to get a drink.

All of the children declined the man's request and instead ran to their parents or guardians, who then reported the incident to law enforcement.

The only description available for the man is that he's reportedly a white man between 45 and 50 years old, possibly driving a white work van and possibly with a white dog. Deputies have no further details to provide at this point.

Officials have not confirmed if these incidents were connected to the van seen in Page County.

What to do

Anyone with information about the van is asked to contact the Page County Sheriff's Office or Shenandoah County Sheriff's Office.

Law enforcement also wants to remind the public of the classic "see something, say something" mantra If you spot suspicious activity in your neighborhood, you're encouraged to report it as soon as possible. And speak to your children about recognizing suspicious behaviors.

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As families, friends and a community looked and listened intently, the choir of Providence Baptist Church sang the gospel melody, Im Gonna Make It.

Through so many dangers and toils of this life, I have already come, the choir sang. But He keeps on giving the grace and the strength to just keep pressing on.

Families gathered who had loved for years and lost in only minutes. Families whose lives were forever changed by the events of a tragic day one year ago. These were the families of Beauregard and Smiths Station, Alabama, and they came together for a night of remembrance on March 3.

Twenty-three people from those two communities died on March 3, 2019, after an EF4 tornado tore across Lee County. So, people gathered in memory to honor those they cherished through spirit, speech and song.

Good to see you, said Rusty Sowell, senior pastor of Providence Baptist Church, as he shook hands of families seated in the front row of chairs filling the chapel.

People came to help us when we couldnt help ourselves, Sowell said after taking the podium at 6 p.m. before the congregation and first responders. Were here tonight to honor victims, to grieve families and to celebrate lives.

Earlier that evening at 5 p.m., they did so by breaking ground on a new memorial in front of the chapel. The memorial will commemorate the 23 victims, each with a black granite impression circling around a cross. Families of the victims dug 23 shovels into the ground as their names were called to perform the ceremony.

Its a symbol of the whole time moving through the recovery effort and people who came to help us, Sowell said. Its three tiers. The first tier has etchings of the victims names, dates of birth, date of death. The second tier has an expression of appreciation to all the volunteer fire departments and career units that came that day. The top tier has Beauregard Strong and the shadow of the cross.

The church is also seeking to build what will be called the Four Childrens Library, named after the four children who passed. It would be a repurposed train caboose or dining car, Sowell said, and would be a library promoting literacy among local kids.

Later, as Sowell opened the service, he welcomed the Rev. Laura Eason before the audience, who has been involved in the recovery effort since the day after the disaster. She began by allowing each affected family to light their own candle to pay tribute to their loss. Sniffles throughout the room preceded each lighting followed by thoughtful smiles after.

Please know your community is here to help you heal, Eason, chaplain of East Alabama Medical Center, said as she addressed the crowd. We live in an incredible place with an incredibly generous community.

As an EAMC employee, Eason was one of the communitys first responders, and she soon learned that 241 homes were destroyed, 140 were damaged and around 100 people were injured.

One of our first tasks, the hardest task by far, we coordinated with County Coroner Bill Harris, she recalled. [We] negotiate[d] with all of the funeral homes to make sure all of the 23 funeral expenses were covered, and we were even able to pay for the cemetery headstones and grave markers for all the victims.

Eason and other EAMC employees established MEND two days after the tornadoes, initially a hospital committee to handle immediate effects of the disaster that evolved into more of an organization that aims to rebuild Lee County, one life at a time.

What started as the hospitals way of helping with communication and coordination of recovery efforts so as not to have duplication morphed into a community-wide effort to bring hope and healing to our hurting neighbors, she said.

The group eventually reached out to 80 faith groups, various nonprofit organizations such as the American Red Cross and Team Rubicon and religious charities like Samaritans Purse and the Billy Graham Association. Eason said its strongest partner, however, was the Chattahoochee Fuller Center.

We partnered with the Chattahoochee Fuller Center to build 16 new homes, she said.

MEND is continually constructing new homes with the center, as well as with Samaritans Purse, which gifted 13 mobile homes in the area and built one house. MENDs goal is to have 32 houses built by the end of April. Some groups contributed to housing needs in other ways, such as the 10th Street Church of Christ, which provided furniture for new homes at a cost of about $3,500 per family, according to Eason.

We figured out that it cost $50,000 for the materials, and we used a lot of volunteer labor, Eason said. The professionals HVAC, plumbing and electrical we used the professionals to come in and do that, and they were able to do it at cost or donate their time.

All of this came free to displaced residents, who did not have to pay a mortgage because of the Fuller Center, she said. But Eason attributed much of her gratitude to the centers director, Kim Roberts, who followed Eason in sharing her stories of involvement in Beauregard and Smiths Station.

We built 11 houses in the hottest week of the year, Roberts told the congregation. That was a joy building all those homes in the midst of the heat.

The Fuller Center had some experience building homes from previous relief efforts, but the March 3, 2019, recovery brought on some all-new challenges. MEND requested that the organization initially build three houses in a month, when the most it had built before was four in a year.

Three houses went to six, six houses went to eight, eight houses went to 16, Roberts said. 16 sponsors came forward and paid for every house.

She added that 320 volunteers from 24 states assisted in the construction process.

Following these updates, Rick Lance, executive director of the Alabama State Board of Missions, appeared to provide encouraging words to the community. His speech consisted of describing to listeners what you do when you dont know what to do, a feeling he connected with losing his father at age 18.

He said this made him learn to cry as someone who was told avoid crying growing up.

I think, and this is presumptuous, if the 23 people who passed could be here tonight, they would be very proud, Lance said.

Those in the audience who were directly affected by last years events said they were grateful for the evenings proceedings.

Things are still kind of hard. They dont get easy at all, said Sara Crisp, who lost someone close on March 3, 2019. With ceremonies like this that happen, everyone involved is still recovering.

First responders faced their own considerable adversity in taking immediate action in the wake of the tornadoes. Mike Holden, fire chief for the Beauregard Volunteer Fire Department, said his team was thankful for their recognition but feel the families are priority.

No amount of training, no amount of planning could ever prepare you for what we walked into, he said.

I hope this has brought closure for a lot of the families, Holden said. I know its been hard on a lot of them.

The Providence Baptist Church choir concluded by singing another gospel piece, No More Night, in front of a now reassured gathering of people on what was a difficult day to remember.

No more night, no more pain, the choir sang. No more tears. Never crying again.

Here are the names of those who were remembered:

Jonathan Marquis Bowen (2009)

Vicki Joyce Braswell (1949)

Sheila Ann Creech (1959)Marshall Lynn Grimes (1960)

David Roaddog Dean (1965)

Armando Aguilar AJ Hernandez, Jr. (2012)

Emmaniel Jones (1965)

Jimmie Jones (1929)

Mary Lois Jones (1935)

Mamie Elizabeth Koon (1950)

Charlotte Ann Miller (1959)

Irma Del Carmen Gomez Moran (1977)

Ryan Wesley Pence (1997)

Maggie Delight Robinson (1961)

Raymond Robinson, Jr. (1955)

Teresa Griffin Robinson (1956)

Eric Jamaal Stenson (1980)

Florel Tate Stenson (1956)

Henry Lewis Stenson (1953)

James Henry Tate (1932)

Taylor Lillian Thornton (2008)

Mykhayla Latrice Waldon (2010)

Felicia Renee Woodall (1996)

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The images are heartbreaking. Dozens lost their lives, while hundreds, if not thousands lost their homes and belongings in the wake of Tuesday's tragic tornadoes in Tennessee. While it's been awhile since a significant tornado touched down in the Stateline, we should never let our guard down, because we, too, are very much vulnerable to tornadoes, despite there being a widely-held thought that we're protected for some reason or another.

We can learn something about our own vulnerability to tornadoes by using what happened in the Nashville area early Tuesday Morning to help dispel some common myths.

Many folks believe tornadoes don't hit large cities or densely populated areas. This couldn't be more false. With a population of just shy of 700,000, and growing rapidly, Nashville is currently the 24th largest city in America. And, this isn't the first time Music City has been struck! Tornadoes moved through Nashville in 1998 and also in 1933. If a city of Nashville's size and stature can be struck, Rockford most certainly can, too.

One of the theories I hear most often in my interactions with our viewers is that tornadoes don't strike our area because we're near a river, and situated in a valley, and that rivers and valleys offer protection. This too, is undeniably false. Tuesday Morning's tornado tracked directly over the Cumberland River near Downtown Nashville. It's a river similar in width to the Rock River, and more than twice its size in length. On a local level, both the Fairdale tornado in 2015 and the Belvidere tornado in 1967 crossed the Kishwaukee River.

This leads us to our third myth to be debunked. There's a long-standing thought that tornadoes just don't hit the Stateline, and that we're immune. Folks, it's not a matter of if the Stateline will see another tornado. It's a matter of when the Stateline will see another tornado. Our area has had more than its fair share of significant twisters in just the past 20 years. Fairdale, Caledonia, Poplar Grove, and Utica have all been struck since the turn of the century. Few will ever forget the Belvidere tornado of 1967. Even here in Rockford, tragedy has struck before. It was in 1928 that a strong tornado plowed through the southeast side of the Forest City, killing 14 and damaging hundreds of homes and buildings.

Knowing that another tornado WILL happen here eventually, the need to be prepared is of critical importance. We need to know, at all times, and in all places, where we will need to take shelter should a tornado warning be issued. Following simple shelter guidelines will dramatically increase your chance of surviving a tornado. Under NO circumstances should you seek shelter in a mobile home, in your car, or underneath an overpass. You should do your best to avoid large, open rooms, such as gymnasiums, as well as manufactured homes. A better solution would be to head to your basement, or to an interior room in a well-constructed home or building, away from windows. The best options would be to have a tornado shelter installed or a specifically designed safe room, though those are far less commonly found in these areas.

Our severe storm and tornado season generally peaks in May and June, though we know from experience that they can happen any time of the year. 2008's Poplar Grove tornado took place in January, while 2010's Caledonia tornado occurred in November.

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Two weeks ago, a series of abandoned mobile homes appeared on private property, rural county roads and pastures up and down the vast Weld County landscape.

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And the sheriffs office says there could be more out there.

So whats the deal?

Weld County officials say a man dumped these trailers all over the county over the past two weeks to avoid a code violation. Authorities so far have found seven mobile homes, including one just across the Wyoming border. Most were discovered in northeast Weld County, near Briggsdale and Hereford.

The man, who has not been publicly identified, has been somewhat cooperative in helping county workers remove three of the trailers so far, said Joe Moylan, a Weld County sheriffs spokesman.

The man has not been charged with a crime, Moylan said, and the case is being worked as a civil matter.

At first, the man decided he didnt want the trailers so he started storing them on someone elses abandoned property, Moylan said. When the property owners decided they didnt want them on their land, the man had to move them.

His resolution was just to dump them, Moylan said.

The problem with these trailers is that they were built prior to 1976 and arent up to modern housing codes, so the county cannot issue permits for them, said Tom Parko, Weld Countys director of planning services.

They cant even be in the county, he said.

The sheriffs office has asked the public to report any additional sightings of abandoned trailers by calling non-emergency dispatch at 970-350-9600, prompt 4.

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