No One Killed During Heavy Tornado Months
From Times Wire Reports
For the first time since record-keeping started in 1950, no one was killed in the United States by a tornado in April, May or June, officials said.
“That is prime tornado time, so it’s amazing,” said Joseph Schaefer, director of the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration’s Storm Prediction Center in Norman.
Normally, the top months for tornadoes average 52 fatalities.
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