tornado outbreak

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

Extreme weather can hit farmers hard. Those with smaller farming operations often pay the price

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MAYFIELD, Ky. (AP) – Justin Ralph estimates he has made about 200 trips this year to deliver grain from the fields he farms with his brother and uncle. They are accustomed to using their four semi-trucks to transport crops totaling about 800 acres of corn, soybeans and wheat to market. What they are not used … Read more

Extreme weather can hit farmers hard. Those with smaller farming operations often pay the price

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MAYFIELD, Ky. (AP) – Justin Ralph estimates he has made about 200 trips this year to deliver grain from the fields he farms with his brother and uncle. They are accustomed to using their four semi-trucks to transport crops totaling about 800 acres of corn, soybeans and wheat to market. What they are not used … Read more