The twister, which took the lives of three people on the night of June 20, was first thought only to be an EF-3 after an initial survey showed damage consistent with 160 mph winds.
About 900 hikers, guides and other staff who were stranded by a weekend snowstorm on the Chinese side of Mount Everest have reached safety, state media said late Tuesday.
After a cold start, we’ll see lots of sun with seasonable temperatures near normal Wednesday. Temperatures will trend upward Thursday and into the weekend.
We have cool, bright conditions on tap for Tuesday that will lead to cold conditions Tuesday night with freezing temperatures possible north. Warmer air moves in late this week.
Meteorologists say a deadly tornado in North Dakota tornado this summer has been upgraded to an top-of-the-scale EF5, and was the first on American soil in 12 years. The June 20 twister killed three people and at its largest was over a mile wide as it touched down for just over 12 miles.
Temperatures are a good 15 to 25 degrees cooler than Sunday and as much as 30 degrees cooler than Saturday. We’ll see the cooler air stick around until later in the week when we warm up again.
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