Fastest time to visit all sovereign countries - Guinness World Records The fastest time to visit all sovereign countries is 1 year 134 days, and was achieved by Michael Zervos (USA) between 17 January 2024 and 30 May 2025. After seeing the previous record for this title, Michael was impressed by the daring and sense of adventure needed and started to think about how he could attempt it. | Guinness World Records

Recreation of a series of RADAR REFLECTIVITY IMAGES of the t-storm complex from which the F-5 Plainfield tornado sprang to life with top winds estimated to have topped 260 mph the afternoon of August 28, 1990. At the time, the area was scanned by the old Marseilles radar---a non-Doppler radar---located in Marseilles--a so-called WSR-74 era radar. A call from the Marseilles radar operator to the Chicago NWS Forecast Office indicated a 63,000 ft. t-storm was sweeping toward Will County. The excell