Tag Archives: Victor Gensini

As the climate warms, hailstones could become larger, leading to higher insurance costs

Barb Berlin was standing in the garage of her farmhouse in Inman, Nebraska, when she suddenly heard a knocking, cracking sound. “I thought it was a gun,” he said. Then a white line came. He realized the sound was not a gunshot but a hail of hail. One fist-sized hailstone had hit the tin roof… Read More »

Meteorologists say this year’s warm winter is a key component of killer tornadoes in the Midwest

This winter’s record warmth provided the key ingredient for a deadly tornado outbreak in the Midwest and damaging gorilla hail that hit parts of the Midwest Wednesday and Thursday, hurricane experts said. At least three people died in a tornado outbreak that hit Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana and Arkansas on Thursday, a day after large hail… Read More »