00:00the united states is on a collision course with history and not the good kind as of this week
00:052026 has already become the most active severe weather year on record through april with the
00:11chicago forecast area alone issuing 128 severe thunderstorm and tornado warnings
00:18the previous record for a full year is between 10 and 20. the storm prediction center has placed
00:24parts of the u.s under enhanced risk alerts on 15 separate days so far this year a number usually
00:30seen across a full calendar year more than 20 tornadoes have already touched down in the chicago
00:36region alone the record for an entire year is 20. scientists say the pattern is being driven by an
00:42unusually warm gulf of mexico and a persistent low pressure trough that is locking severe weather
00:48into the central u.s the worst stretch spring has not even fully arrived yet forecasters are warning
00:55that may and june could bring conditions that make what we have already seen look mild by comparison
01:02the question is no longer whether 2026 will break records it is how many records it will break
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