Is it the Godzilla El Niño or herald of a next blaze ? Weird , deadly weather has been sweeping the nation for the past week , from tornadoes and blizzards in the Southwest , to historical flooding in the corn belt . If one matter ’s certain , it ’s that thehottest , climatically wackiestyear on record is going out with a bang .
The madness started over the weekend , when a freakish storm descend across the US from the Southwest to Michigan . Whilerecord snowdriftsburied parts of New Mexico , next door in Texas , it was summertime . Dozens of tornadoes swept through the Dallas area , damage up to 1,000 building and rest home .
damage holding in Garland , TX following the EF4 tempest that hit this weekend . Image via Getty
fit in to theNational Weather Service , at least one of the tornadoes recorded this weekend was an EF4 , which clocked malarky velocity of up to 180 land mile per time of day . EF4s account for less than 1 % of all tornado , but they ’re the second most damaging class , known for level houses and flinging cars into the air .
A Clarence Day after summer - like weather condition and fatal tornadoes , the same regions of Texaswere under blizzard warnings . Dallas had a high of 82 ºF on Saturday and was down to 41 on Sunday , accord to CNN .
Meanwhile , country from Michigan to Georgia encounter blizzards , internal-combustion engine , sullen nose candy and rainfall over the weekend and proceed into the hebdomad . The effect ? By Monday , the Mississippi river was engorged with piss , leading to record flooding in section of Illinois and Missouri . Earlier this week , Missouri Governor Jay Nixon declared a state of hand brake . Hundreds have been forced to empty their homes as 19 Union levee across the Mississippi jeopardise to break .
Cars submerged in a parkland in Kimmswick , Mo. , on Monday , December 28th . Image Credit : Jeff Robertson / AP
All in all , the floodnado rash - pocalypse has impart at least 53 people utter since last week , NBC News study .
What ’s behind the freakish weather ? It ’s complicated , and we ’re not entirely certain yet . But you may bet El Niño , coupled with the general abnormality of 2015 as we rush headlong into ahotter , moredisaster - pronefuture has something to do with it . As National Geographicpoints out , phonograph record - crush high temperature across much of the eastern US ( remember July in Christmas ? ) are stimulate copious amounts of water to evaporate into the air , giving the late storms extra fuel and firepower .
Do n’t forget : we recognise we were in for a crazy winter . And despite all the madness , it ’s still just getting go . Happy New Year !
Top image : Floodwater surrounds a McDonald , Tuesday , Dec. 29 , 2015 , in Union , Mo. Image via Jeff Robertson / AP
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