Andrew Siffert

The loss from the Arctic blast seems likely to be the largest in history, by a wide margin, because it caused a compounding event.

If this spring La Nina holds together, the central plains could get back to seeing severe weather that was lacking last year.

May had the fewest severe weather reports since May 2014. A tornado drought has resulted in the fewest recorded tornadoes since at least 1970.

As if COVID-19 isn't tough enough, the Atlantic hurricane season looks to be active, with a higher probability of named storms making landfall.

Dorian would have upended the industry if it had stalled over Palm Beach, not the Bahamas, with its 185 mph winds and 40 inches of rain.