![Cars on a highway with a tornado in a few hundred feet in the distance that has thrown debris into the air](https://cdn.statically.io/img/static.scientificamerican.com/dam/m/284378230b0707a8/original/An-EF-2-tornado-in-Texas.jpg?w=450)
These Tornado Chasers and Scientists Hunt Real Twisters
Chasers will always be a vital part of tornado detection efforts, but now drones, artificial intelligence and supercomputers are all helping meteorologists figure out just how these terrible storms come together.