Harold Brooks

Hailstones may become larger as the climate warms, leading to higher insurance costs

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The sudden, percussive crackle sounded as Barb Berlin stood in the garage of her farmhouse near Inman, Nebraska. “I thought it was a gun,” she said. Then came a white streak. She realized the sound wasn’t gunfire, but buckshot. A fist-sized hailstone had hit the tin roof of Berlin’s garage. Soon others were leaving softball-sized … Read more

Meteorologists say this year’s warm winter was a key ingredient for deadly tornadoes in the Midwest

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This winter’s record warmth provided the key ingredient for an outbreak of deadly tornadoes and damaging gorilla hail that hit parts of the Midwest on Wednesday and Thursday, tornado experts said. Thursday’s tornado outbreak in Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana and Arkansas killed at least three people, a day after large hail hit Kansas. It’s a bit … Read more