In a world of climate change, freak storms are the new normal. Why we're unprepared for the harrowing future. – Newsweek

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Between April 25 and 28, a historic tornado outbreak now known as the 2011 Super Outbreak took place across much of the Southern United States as well as parts of the Midwest and Northeast. With over 300 confirmed tornadoes and 317 fatalities, the outbreak ranks as the worst in United States history. More than three dozen tornadoes were confirmed each day of the event, with 39 on April 25, 55 on April 26, a record 188 in 24 hours on April 27 and 45 on April 28. On April 27, a large tornado struck Tuscaloosa, Alabama, killing at least 41 people. The Tuscaloosa mayor called the damage "catastrophic." A large tornado from the same supercell – possibly the same tornado – hit the northern suburbs of Birmingham, Alabama. Television reporters in Birmingham, filming the tornado, reported that even from miles away, the funnel was so wide that they could not zoom their cameras out far enough to get the entire funnel into the frame at once. – Wikipedia

4/28 – Alabama. A day after enduring a terrifying bombardment of storms that killed hundreds across the South and spawned tornadoes that razed neighborhoods and even entire towns, people from Texas to Virginia to Georgia searched through rubble for survivors on Thursday and tried to reclaim their own  lives. Birmingham, the home of the University  of Alabama, has in  some