Excerpt: “Highlights:
- Twenty-three states from South Dakota to Florida had at least one tornado reported, including an EF-4, during a severe weather outbreak May 6–10 that caused significant damage and loss of life.
- The deadliest tornado of the year-to-date was an EF-4 that occurred on May 21 in Greenfield, Iowa and caused five fatalities.
- A derecho with winds of up to 100 mph occurred on May 16 in Houston, Texas, causing significant damage and seven fatalities.
- Four new Billion-Dollar Weather and Climate Disasters were confirmed in May. The year-to-date total currently stands at 11 disasters.
- March to May 2024 was the sixth-warmest spring on record for the contiguous U.S. and precipitation ranked in the wettest third of the historical record for the month of May 2024.”
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