First EF5 tornado in 12 years confirmed in North Dakota - a possible warning for Texas

The National Weather Service said the EF5 twister in North Dakota packed winds stronger than 200 mph, underscoring risks that ...
RMU Sentry Media

First EF5 Tornado in 12 years happens in North Dakota

On June 20th, 2025, a mile wide tornado touched down at 11:02 pm near the small town of Enderlin, North Dakota. The nighttime wedge wreaked havoc on the North Dakota countryside for 19 minutes before ...

A June tornado turned out to be a rare EF5. Why that’s surprising — and important

There hadn’t been an EF5 — the most intense on the five-point Enhanced Fujita Scale — anywhere on the planet for more than 12 years, dating back to an Oklahoma tornado on May 20, 2013. And then on ...

First EF5 tornado to strike the US in over a decade just confirmed by experts

The most rare and extreme form of tornado struck eastern North Dakota in June, but experts just determined how strong it ...

North Dakota Tornado Upgraded To EF5, Ending Over Decade-Long Drought

After over 12 years, the EF5 tornado drought in the U.S. has come to an end. A tornado that struck Enderlin, North Dakota, in June was just upgraded to an EF5. Find the details here.

USA's record tornado 'drought' ends with 210 mph monster in Dakotas

The nation's longest "drought" between EF5 tornadoes has come to an end, scientists from the National Weather Service ...
Las Vegas Sun

EF5 tornadoes — the most powerful classification — rarely occur

Meteorologists said this week that a deadly tornado in North Dakota this summer has been upgraded to a top-of-the-scale EF5, and was the first on American soil in 12 years.

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

The last recorded EF5 tornado was on May 20, 2013, in a town outside Oklahoma City, killing 24 people and injuring more than 200 others. That tornado tore through hundreds of homes, a school, hospital ...

First EF5 tornado in 12 years ranked in North Dakota

Initially, this tornado was rated an EF3. But due to work from the Northern Tornadoes Project of Western University in ...
Houston Chronicle

First EF5 tornado in 12 years confirmed in North Dakota — a possible warning for Texas

For the first time in 12 years, the United States has recorded an EF5 tornado, the most powerful type of twister on the Enhanced Fujita wind and damage scale, the National Weather Service confirmed ...
ABC News

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

Meteorologists say a deadly tornado in North Dakota this summer has been upgraded to a top-of-the-scale EF5, and was the first on American soil in 12 years A deadly tornado that tore across ...
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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 on ...