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The nickname "Dixie Alley" is sometimes used for the areas in the southeastern U.S. – notably the lower Mississippi Valley and the upper Tennessee Valley. This region is particularly vulnerable to violent, long tracked tornadoes. Much of the housing in this region is less robust than in other parts of the USA and many people live in mobile homes. As a result, tornado related casualties in the southern USA are particularly high. The term was coined in 1971 by Allen Pearson, former director of the National Severe Storms Forecasting Center.
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