MUSKINGUM COUNTY, Ohio — Ohio tied a record that has stood for more than 30 years.
In 1992, the National Weather Service Office in Wilmington says the Buckeye State had 62 tornadoes. Ohio saw four more tornadoes last week, tying the state record with just under six months left to go in 2024.
This latest round of tornadoes hit Delaware, Knox, Licking and Muskingum counties. The rating of the tornadoes ranged from an EF0 to an EF2 twister that hit Muskingum County's village of Frazeysburg.
On average, Ohio sees 19 tornadoes a year. Since the 90s, the average number of tornadoes has almost doubled, and this year we’ve seen more in the spring than any other year on record.
Scientists have noticed an eastward shift in "Tornado Alley" which could be impacting the Buckeye State as evidenced by three record-breaking tornado seasons in Ohio in the last 15 years.
Ohio was not the only state to have tornadoes last week.
A toddler was killed and his mother was injured when a tornado struck suburban Detroit without warning, while five people were injured when a tornado in Maryland collapsed structures and trapped people inside.
It has been a grim spring for tornadoes in the U.S., where severe weather killed at least 24 people during the Memorial Day holiday weekend alone. April had the second-highest number of tornadoes on record in the country. The storms come as climate change contributes in general to the severity of storms around the world.
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