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A tornado has heavily damaged a major Pfizer pharmaceutical plant in North Carolina — the latest in a string of extreme weather events plaguing the U.S. Torrential rains flooded communities

Atmospheric scientists say the global warming responsible for unrelenting heat in the Southwest also is making this kind of extreme rainfall a more frequent reality.

A tornado has heavily damaged a major Pfizer pharmaceutical plant in North Carolina — the latest in a string of extreme weather events plaguing the U.S. Torrential rains flooded communities

MAYFIELD, Ky. (AP) — High-water rescue crews pulled people from flooded homes and vehicles in Kentucky Wednesday, where waves of thunderstorms prompted flash flood warnings and watches. A search continued

A tornado has heavily damaged a major Pfizer pharmaceutical plant in North Carolina — the latest in a string of extreme weather events plaguing the U.S. Torrential rains flooded communities

A tornado has heavily damaged a major Pfizer pharmaceutical plant in North Carolina — the latest in a string of extreme weather events plaguing the U.S. Torrential rains flooded communities

A tornado has heavily damaged a major Pfizer pharmaceutical plant in North Carolina — the latest in a string of extreme weather events plaguing the U.S. Torrential rains flooded communities

Nash County Sheriff Keith Stone said the Pfizer plant stores large quantities of medicine, adding debris was spread all around.

Officials say a 39-year-old woman and her 5-year-old daughter were swept away in a swollen Connecticut river and died. State police and fire officials said Wednesday that the woman and her daughter were swimming in the Shetucket River near River Park in Sprague and were caught by the current Tuesday evening just before 5:30 p.m. Both were recovered unconscious downstream. The mother was pronounced dead Tuesday. The daughter died Wednesday. The Shetucket and other rivers in Connecticut have been ...

Officials say a 39-year-old woman and her 5-year-old daughter were swept away in a swollen Connecticut river and died. State police and fire officials said Wednesday that the woman and