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Federal Lawmakers Respond To Recent Warning Delays With ‘TORNADO Act’

An American flag sits among debris from destroyed homes following a Dec. 15, 2021, tornado in Dawson Springs, Kentucky. Multiple tornadoes touched down in several Midwest states late Friday December 10, causing widespread destruction and leaving scores of people dead and injured. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Three U.S. Senators are proposing new legislation in response to the National Weather Service (NWS) communication platforms experiencing a delay in disseminating alerts, which impacted the delivery time of tornado warnings to certain services amid an outbreak of deadly severe weather earlier this month.

It’s dubbed the Tornado Observations Research and Notification Assessment for Development of Operations Act, or the TORNADO Act.

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