The nation’s largest retailer also said that it must raise prices due to higher costs caused by Trump’s tariffs.
Temperatures in the Gulf are a couple of degrees warmer than usual for this time of year, according to the weather service.The connection between climate change and tornadoes is not as well understood as the links between other types of extreme weather such as heavy rainfall and heat waves, experts say.
“Under the climate change scenario, we’re kind of supercharging the atmosphere on some days and then actually reducing the favorability on others,” said Ohio State University atmospheric sciences professor Jana Houser.Scientists are also seeing more tornadoes in January, February, March and other times when it used to be too cold for twisters to form, especially in Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi and Tennessee, she said.More people are also living in harm’s way, Brooks said. That’s why Uccellini and others see increasing risks to people and property.
“When you have this kind of threat and you’re understaffed at some point, something’s going to slip through the cracks,” Uccellini said. “I can’t tell you when it’s going to happen.”An American flag is posted near destroyed homes after a tornado passed through the area on May 17, 2025, in London, Ky. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)
An American flag is posted near destroyed homes after a tornado passed through the area on May 17, 2025, in London, Ky. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)
Associated Press reporter Isabella O’Malley contributed from Philadelphia.The Obolon district, where a residential building was heavily damaged in the attack, was the hardest hit with at least five wounded in the area, the administration said.
Yurii Bondarchuk, a local resident, said the air raid siren “started as usual, then the drones started to fly around as they constantly do.” Moments later, he heard a boom and saw shattered glass fly through the air.“The balcony is totally wiped out, as well as the windows and the doors,” he said as he stood in the dark, smoking a cigarette to calm his nerves while firefighters worked to extinguish the flames.
The air raid alert in Kyiv lasted more than seven hours, warning of incoming missiles and drones.Kyiv’s mayor, Vitalii Klitschko, warned residents ahead of the attack that more than 20 Russian strike drones were heading toward the city. As the attack continued, he said drone debris fell on a shopping mall and a residential building in Obolon. Emergency services were headed to the site, Klitschko said.