tornadoes

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But even if you skip a marathon art-viewing session this week, there’s plenty to enjoy among the whirlwind of fairs dotted across the city like tornadoes on a Kansas plain.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

According to the National Weather Service, three separate tornadoes were confirmed in the state on Tuesday afternoon, one ripping the metal roof off a barn and snapping tree trunks in half.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026

"But this is global warming. The East Coast is just tornadoes and snow, and here we are, we're sizzling."

From Barron's • Mar. 20, 2026

At least six people have died and more than a dozen others injured after tornadoes struck Michigan and Oklahoma, in severe storms that swept across parts of the US.

From BBC • Mar. 7, 2026

But now I could do a 360 back kick, and had eaten tornadoes, and dug trenches and, little by little, like Mithridates—I had become unhurtable.

From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri