Tornado mortality is greatest in the Southeast United States (US) due to an elevated tornado
risk, a larger total developed land area, and a greater number of mobile and manufactured …

Mobile home residents are known to be highly vulnerable to tornadoes and account for a
considerable portion of tornado-related fatalities. The problem is partially related to the …

Research has illustrated that tornado disaster potential and impact severity are controlled by
hazard risk and underlying physical and social vulnerabilities. Previous vulnerability studies …

Occupants of mobile or manufactured homes in the United States of America (USA) are
highly exposed and susceptible to injury or death from tornado hazards. This problem is …

Residents of 401 mobile homes in Georgia, Mississippi, Illinois, and Oklahoma were
surveyed after they heard a tornado warning. Most residents (69%) did not seek shelter …

Southeastern US mobile and manufactured housing (MH) residents are the most tornado-
vulnerable subset of the population because of both physical and socioeconomic factors …

This study illustrates and describes how Southeast US tornado disasters commonly unfold
by examining the 2019 Beauregard-Smith Station, Alabama, tornado event from …

Mobile home residents experience higher fatality rates from tornadoes than “fixed home”
residents. Yet, research on how mobile home residents understand and respond to tornado …

Background Tornadoes, with warnings usually issued just minutes before their touchdowns,
pose great threats to properties and people's physical and mental health. Few studies have …

About 1 in 16 Americans lives in a mobile home and mobile homes account for 14% of all
new housing in the United States (O'Hare and O'Hare 1993). In some states, including South …