Alex Forbes

The integration of artificial intelligence into tropical tracking models is altering how meteorologists forecast hurricanes. What we know: Google’s DeepMind artificial intelligence-based model became available to the public for the first time in 2025. During its initial rollout, the system produced better tracking results than every traditional weather model while operating at a faster and cheaper rate.

Five years ago Thursday morning, daylight revealed the devastation left behind by a 170-mile-per-hour EF-4 tornado that forever changed the landscape of Newnan. The tornado cut across the entirety of Coweta County just after midnight on March 26, 2021, staying on the ground for 53 minutes. From ruins to 'Newnan Strong' The backstory: The tornado was a Category EF-4 with wind speeds reaching 170 mph. It damaged more than 1,700 homes and completely destroyed 70.