May 21 – At least five people are killed and 35 are injured as a strong tornado devastates the town of Greenfield. A Doppler on Wheels unit records a wind gust of between 250mph (400km/h) and 290mph (470km/h) over Greenfield, the strongest winds recorded inside a tornado by a mobile weather radar since the 2013 El Reno tornado, equivalent to EF5 intensity on the Enhanced Fujita scale.[7]
June 10 – Four instructors from Cornell College and one Chinese passerby are wounded in a stabbing attack at a park in Jilin City, China. The perpetrator is arrested a day later.[8]
