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Two hurricanes and one tropical storm are nearing landfall as Hurricane Season 2020 picks up speed.

Maine saw its first tornado for 2020 last Saturday, three years after the historic 2017 tornado outbreak.

The death toll caused by the lethal lightning strikes in India is continuing to increase. According to local experts, the deadly lightning strikes are expected to get worse due to extreme weather conditions.

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A group of researchers provided a possible explanation for the formation of the massive hexagon-shaped storm on Saturn. They conducted their study by creating an atmospheric model of the planet.

More powerful Pacific cyclones are speeding up the Kuroshio Current, which is ferrying heat northward affecting the global climate.

Tropical Storm Bertha is forecasted to hit the Carolinas and Virginia on Wednesday. The storm is expected to bring heavy rains and flooding.

A storm chaser was able to snap rare photos of sprites in the sky that resemble a giant jellyfish. According to a space weather forecasting site, the sprites probably became more prominent due to the current solar minimum conditions.

Massive dust envelopes entire towns and cities in Australia as a once-in-a-decade storm develop and deprive around 50,000 of electricity, reports say.

According to the researchers, the probability of storms reaching a major hurricane status increased by about 8% each decade.

The Argentina hailstone may have broken the record of a hailstone from South Dakota.

The horrifying incident occurred in Salt Lick, a community in Bath County when the horse-driven cart, that was carrying an adult and five children, was trying to cross a low-water bridge on Adams Road got overturned by the storm and fell into the flooded stream.

While isolated tornadoes are considered a threat for some areas, the greater concern are the damaging winds that could form a derecho.

A team of environmental scientists warned that global warming is causing hurricanes to move slower. Although this may seem like a good thing, the scientists noted that it could actually make hurricanes more destructive.

Around six deaths and several major damages were reported as tornados ripped through Texas, Oklahoma and Louisiana on Wednesday evening which lasted up until Thursday. Weather forecasts reported that the severe weather conditions are moving up to the north and east and would hit Georgia, Florida and the Carolinas later in the day.

Mississippi accounted for at least half of the deaths, with 11 reported deaths in six counties.

A snowstorm in Maine led to the loss of electric power for around 266,000 residents on Friday. The Central Main Power told customers to be prepared for the power outage to likely last for more than day.

Over 190 cases of severe weather have been reported in several parts of Central U.S. over the past 24 hrs.

Over 70 million Americans are expected to experience severe weather conditions this weekend.