This is the height of tornado season across much of the American Midwest, when the changing seasons bring that peculiar mix of moisture, hot and cold temperatures and varying atmospheric pressure that creates a funnel of death.
Three Ukrainians were swept to death by the unusual flood last year when they were at a hot water spring along the Seti river some 20 kilometres north of Pokhara.
The committee's questions once again touched on a range of hot-button issues, including gun control, abortion, same-sex marriage, the death penalty, and the role of international law in American jurisprudence.