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        Shows where  tornadoes are most likely to occur.
        From the website of the National Climatic Data Centre, Asheville, North Carolina,  http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/severeweather/tornadoes.html
        Image location:  http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/img/climate/research/tornado/globdist.jpg
        
         
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