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A dayslong stretch of severe weather in the U.S. will continue Tuesday as powerful thunderstorms are expected across portions of the Midwest. The worst of the weather is expected in Iowa, northern Missouri and northwestern Illinois. That is where tornadoes and large hail appear very likely with any severe thunderstorms that develop.
For only the fourth time on record, a global coral bleaching event is underway, according to NOAA scientists. This comes on the heels of a bleaching event that happened around Florida last summer when water temperatures peaked in the upper 90s.
A home security camera captured wind damage from a possible tornado that ripped through a town in the United Kingdom on Monday.
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