High-impact heat set to build over much of the U.S. through mid-June
The jet stream is moving to Canada—and you might also want to head north after seeing the temperatures on the way over the next week or longer. A long-duration spell of warmer-than-normal temperatures will bathe the eastern half of the United States…
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A deep dive into the powerful 2015 tornado that destroyed Fairdale, Illinois
A devastating EF-4 tornado carved a scar through 30 miles of farmland in north-central Illinois on a muggy afternoon in April 2015. Two people died and nearly a dozen more were injured as the storm levelled neighborhoods in Rochelle and Fairdale, about…
Read MoreA deep dive into the powerful 2015 tornado that destroyed Fairdale, Illinois
A devastating EF-4 tornado carved a scar through 30 miles of farmland in north-central Illinois on a muggy afternoon in April 2015. Two people died and nearly a dozen more were injured as the storm levelled neighborhoods in Rochelle and Fairdale, about…
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Extreme heat builds across the western U.S. this week
The atmosphere looked at the calendar this week and decided to turn up the heat. We’re at the beginning of a multi-day stretch of dangerously hot temperatures across the interior West, with temperatures in the triple digits expected for the deserts…
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Rinse and repeat: yet another wave of dangerous storms expected Saturday
One active pattern after another sweeping across the U.S. this season will just keep on going as we head into the start of the Memorial Day weekend. The Storm Prediction Center (SPC) issued a moderate risk, a level 4 out of 5, for much of Oklahoma and…
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Severe storms may produce strong tornadoes in the Midwest on Tuesday
An active spring severe weather season rolls on across the central United States this week as a multi-day storm threat unfolds over the region. Tuesday looks to feature the strongest and most widespread storm risk, with severe storms targeting the…
Read MoreSevere storms may produce strong tornadoes in the Midwest on Tuesday
An active spring severe weather season rolls on across the central United States this week as a multi-day storm threat unfolds over the region. Tuesday looks to feature the strongest and most widespread storm risk, with severe storms targeting the…
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Intense tornadoes possible Monday as rare ‘high risk’ kicks off a week of severe storms
“Multiple intense, long-track tornadoes” are possible across parts of the southern Plains on Monday as another major severe weather outbreak unfolds across the center of the country. This is the opening act of another multi-day severe weather…
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The U.S. just saw its second-most tornadic April on record
At least 300 confirmed tornadoes touched down across the United States last month, making it the second-most tornadic April on record across the country. Repeated bouts of severe thunderstorms rolling across the central Plains fuelled this past…
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Second Tornado Outbreak Expected On The Plains Saturday
All signs point to a second tornado outbreak developing across the southern and central Plains on Saturday as a multi-day severe weather event unfolds over the region. A moderate risk for severe weather—a 4 out of 5 on the scale measuring the threat for…
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