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Nerdy Weather Stories
Why did the school bell ring before the tornado hit?
A warning that came from the wall, not the sky It was May 25, 1955. It was a warm spring evening in Udall, Kansas, the kind of town where...
Ric Kearbey
Apr 112 min read
It started as a wildfire. Then it made its own thunderstorm. Then...a tornado!
This photo provided by Katelynn & Jordan Hewlett In August 2020, California was deep in wildfire season. Flames had already swallowed...
Ric Kearbey
Apr 113 min read
Weather gone wild: When lightning struck the tallest animal on Earth
On a quiet afternoon in a South African conservation park, two giraffes, one of them pregnant, were found lying motionless beneath an...
Ric Kearbey
Apr 103 min read
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