On This Date: Tornado Outbreak Included A Rare December F5

High-end tornadoes are probably the last thing on your mind the week before Christmas. Sadly, violent December tornadoes have ...
Spectrum News NY1

North Dakota tornado from June upgraded to EF5

The National Weather Service (NWS) in Grand Forks, N.D., reevaluated a tornado from June 20, 2025. Completing additional surveys and working extensively with wind damage experts, the new estimated ...
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Enderlin tornado that killed 3 people reclassified as EF5

ENDERLIN, N.D. — A tornado that killed three people this summer in southeast North Dakota has been reclassified EF5, the most damaging level for a twister. The June 20 tornado that destroyed at least ...
Newsday

EF5 tornado that killed 3 in North Dakota was the nation's first in 12 years

A deadly tornado that tore across southeastern North Dakota this summer has been upgraded to an EF5 with winds topping 200 mph (322 kph), the strongest classification of tornado and the first ...
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A June tornado turned out to be a rare EF5. Why that’s surprising — and important

Tornadoes rated EF5 are inconceivable. They raze the Earth with winds exceeding 200 mph, sweeping foundations bare and peeling the bark off trees. Some pry pavement off roadways, scouring into the ...
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First EF5 tornado to strike the US in over a decade just confirmed by experts

A rare, monstrous EF5 tornado that struck the United States more than three months ago was the first of its kind in more than a decade, experts announced Monday. A tornado that roared through part of ...
Las Vegas Sun

EF5 tornadoes — the most powerful classification — rarely occur

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