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"Focal Point: Twist of Fate" looks at advances in tornado forecasting and how future fatalities may be prevented. (Original air date: June 3, 2009)

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<p>{{embed href="image-4696628" width="220" height="165" align="left" padding="5"}}"Focal Point: Twist of Fate" looks at advances in tornado forecasting and how future fatalities may be prevented. Hosted by WRAL News anchor and reporter Kelcey Carlson</p>

<p>"Twist of Fate" looks at three of North Carolina's most destructive tornadoes: the 2006 Riegelwood tornado that killed eight people in a Columbus County town, the 1988 tornado that landed in Raleigh and left an 84-mile trail of destruction, and the 1984 Carolinas tornado outbreak that was the worst in 100 years.</p>

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	<li>{{a href="page-5258517"}}<span style="font-weight: bold;">WEB CHAT: Weather team answers your questions about tornadoes in North Carolina.</span>{{/a}}</li>
	<li>Some storm footage courtesy Tim Samaras. {{a href="external_link-5280715"}}<strong>See more at http://thunderchase.com{{/a}}</strong></li>
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<h2>Tornado safety</h2>

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<h2>Tornadoes in N.C.</h2>

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<h2>Recent tornadoes</h2>

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<h2>History of tornado forecasting</h2>

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Focal Point: 'Twist of Fate'