Hail pummeled a long stretch of crops in South Dakota in June.
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Scientists at Marshall Space Flight Center use satellite imagery to help meteorologists assess the scope of damage caused by tornadoes.
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When thunderstorms drive hail and strong winds over crops and grasslands, they can draw long scars across the landscape.
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Powerful thunderstorms moving through eastern Texas and western Louisiana spawned several tornadoes, including some that caused major damage.
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Taken June 29, 2012, this photograph shows a shelf cloud on the leading edge of a violent storm system that blew across the eastern United States.
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Native to America, corn is now a staple in diets around the world. This map shows the global distribution of corn in 2000.
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This vegetation image shows extensive damage to crops in Sinaloa, Mexico, following a cold snap in February 2011.
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While not as damaging as the fierce line of storms that arrived in June 2012, the thunderstorms that struck the eastern United States on June 13, 2013, qualified as a “low-end” derecho.
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