It unleashed the most hurricane-force wind gusts of any storm since at least 2014. Tornadoes carved paths in places they never had before in a December, like western Iowa and Minnesota. Fires erupted. Walls of dust turned day to night.
Democracy Dies in Darkness
Unprecedented Midwest wind storm caps 2021’s siege of extreme weather
Like many extreme weather events this year, its wrath was fueled by exceptionally warm temperatures
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Updated December 16, 2021 at 2:53 p.m. EST|Published December 16, 2021 at 12:48 p.m. EST