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Strong Start to the 2012 Tornado Season
April 4, 2012 | Peter Hoeppe, Munich Re

“This year we see a quite early start of the tornado season with a high frequency of the events coming close to the record year 2008 for this time of the year.” Quoted from Peter Hoeppe, Munich Re.


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