The only thing I've noticed is more media coverage of storms.
Its storm season in the Midwest, it has been since I was born.
Agreed, and there will always be record breaking damage being done, and larger number of people killed during storms because population is increasing.
Storms rarely kill anyone in when they happen where nobody is living, and does no property damage. Suddenly there is a town in what was an uninhabited area, and when the storms hit there will be property damage and possibly death.
I don't think it's just that the storms are getting worse, it's that we are spreading everywhere and a storm is more likely to be in an area with people.