As tornado season approaches in the United States, a research concluded that the storms add to the country’s racial disparity, according to the Journalist’s Resource.

After studying data from the 1970s to the 2010s, researchers concluded that in tornado-hit counties in the United States, the general proportion of black people and the proportion of poor people are both somewhat higher.

Those with the financial means to relocate are more likely to be white, increasing “the prevalence of poor African Americans in those communities,” according to the study, whereas lower-income black populations are more likely to be renters and lack the financial means to rebuild in storm-ravaged areas, making them more likely to be displaced than white people.

What’s exacerbated matters is racial prejudice in disaster relief delivery, according to the Journalist’s Resource, citing a 2021 Washington Post study that revealed a system that refused help to black households.