Tornadoes form when warm moist air merges with winds inside a thunderstorm. The number and power of tornadoes this season are uncommonly high, but scientists aren’t sure why. Past statistics help little because storms are tracked far more accurately today. Climate change may affect tornadoes. GR


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SCOTUS Poised to Handcuff the EPA
In the wake of reactionary rulings by the Supreme Court that seized a woman’s right to abortion after the Justices had unleashed potentially lethal freedoms to gun owners, one can only shudder at the prospect of the court’s upcoming decision on West Virginia v. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).