Another wave of tornado-spawning thunderstorms is set to rip across the Great Plains and South this week, putting the U.S. within reach of a record year for life-threatening twisters.
The Category 4 storm is expected to make landfall near West Palm Beach and Melbourne overnight and then track north along the Atlantic coast racking up as much as $50 billion in economic losses.
A strengthening Hurricane Matthew is on course to batter the Florida, Georgia and South Carolina coasts, where it could cause $15 billion in U.S. losses.