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Tornadoes Strike U.S. Central Plains: Meteorologists Explain Conditions Behind A Bumper Crop Of Twisters

Why So Many US Tornadoes All Of A Sudden?

Weather experts say the sudden outburst of tornado activity is actually more of a return to normalcy after a relatively quiet season thus far.

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Golden Gate Bridge-Size Asteroid To Fly By Earth May 31

Luckily, the massive asteroid is expected to pass by at a comfortable distance of at least 3.6 million miles away.

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