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June 4, 2014

Central U.S. Hit With Severe Storms, Flooding 
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Parts of the central United States are being hit with severe storms,
bringing flooding, tornadoes, and baseball-sized hail. Major damage has
been reported in an area north of Omaha, Nebraska. A local resident
surveyed the damage to his home.

Resident: "Hell, it was about four o'clock when it hit, and boy it come
through like a freight train, man. It sounded like the world was coming
to an end almost. It was bad. Wife, just, we all went to the basement,
and whenever it calmed down a little bit, we went upstairs, and all the
windows is gone in the house and all the siding's gone."

The storms have also hit parts of Kansas, Iowa and Missouri as they now
move further east. A National Climate Assessment from the White House
last month listed stronger storms and extreme rainfall as one of the
outcomes of human-driven climate change in the United States.

 

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