The 2024 tornado season is one of the most active on record

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• According to the National Weather Service's Storm Prediction Center, April and May of 2024 had the second most tornadoes on record, only behind the historic year of 2011.

• May of 2024 had the fourth most May tornadoes on record (1950 to present), and the most since 2019.

• As for why a large portion of the country has seen a significant increase this year in overall severe weather, Ray Foreman, chief meteorologist for Nexstar's KODE...