By F. Mark Modzelewski
When you were in class, did you ever wish you could ask an astronaut what space was like? Or have a world renowned mathematician explain how they approach a problem? Or find out what inspired a storm chaser to pursue her passion? That’s X-STEM!
Old Man Winter was late this time around, but he seems to be making up for lost time. Gusty winds will whip the snow around with the lowest visibility across the open fields of greater Minnesota. Travel will be slow with plowable snowfall amounts and winds gusting to near 40 mph. Be careful out there today.
Scott Pelley reports on what one meteorologist is calling, "The Beast," the record-breaking tornado that left a more than 165-mile path of devastation last week in Kentucky.
No severe tornadoes hit the U.S. this May for first time on record Matthew Cappucci A large, destructive multi-vortex tornado tears through Selden, Kansas. (Matthew Cappucci) Not a single higher-end tornado touched down in the United States in May, a first on record. While the overall number of twisters was close to normal during the month, they were exclusively of the weaker or nonsevere variety, rated EF2 or lower on the 0 to 5 Enhanced Fujita scale for tornado damage. Severe tornadoes are considered those that reach EF3 strength or greater, corresponding to winds of 136 mph or greater. May’s tornadoes largely missed homes and structure, yielding relatively little impact and sparing the country of any tornado fatalities for the first time during the month since 2014. The U.S. avoided tornado fatalities in May