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MERRILLVILLE, INDIANA - JUNE 12: A man walks through debris in front of Andrean High School after it was damaged by tornado winds on June 12, 2026 in Merrillville, Indiana. A tornado system passed through the area the previous night, causing wide spread damage to homes and businesses. (
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Even meteorologists are baffled by the Midwestern tornado season

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This video screenshot released by the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) shows the site of a derailed freight train in East Palestine, Ohio, the United States. About 50 Norfolk Southern freight train cars derailed on the night of Feb. 3 in East Palestine, a town of 4,800 residents near the Ohio-Pennsylvania border, due to a mechanical problem on an axle of one of the vehicles. There were a total of 20 hazardous material cars in the train consist, 10 of which derailed, according to the NTSB, a U.S. government agency responsible for civil transportation accident investigation.
Pollution

Pollution from Ohio train derailment reached 110 million Americans

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