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Dave Granlund, PoliticalCartoons.com
The southeastern and midwestern states have been hit the past two weeks in record numbers 12 consecutive days of at least eight confirmed tornadoes in every day. Only in May 442 tornadoes have been reported in the United States through NOAA's Storm Prediction Center.
The last 11-day stretch with as many tornadoes per day ended on June 7, 1980, according to the Associated Press. As of this week, the NWS Storm Prediction Center in Oklahoma has confirmed at least 38 deaths this year associated with twisters. Scientists say climate change is partly responsible for the twisters, which are driven by high pressure in the Southeast and an unusual, cold trough over the Rockies that forced warm, moist air into the central states.
Flooding in the same region is also setting records, with eight states along the Mississippi River now 90 days after their longest period of flooding since the deadly Great Flood of 1927, USA Today mentionted.
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