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.

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 ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — A 12-year “drought” of EF5 tornadoes has ended, after the National Weather Service upgraded a tornado in North Dakota to EF5 status. The tornado touched down near Enderlin, North ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - The National Weather Service office in Grand Forks, ND, determined that damage from a June tornado in Enderlin, ND, was the result of a rare and violent tornado. Originally ...

This is an F5 tornado, and it’s one of nature’s most destructive forces. Could you survive being sucked in? Yeah, imagine getting scooped up like a meat-puppet. Swirling like a ragdoll at over 480 ...

The more than decade-long EF5 tornado drought has come to an end. A tornado that struck Enderlin, North Dakota, on June 20 has been upgraded to an EF5, according to the National Weather Service in ...

On May 10th, 1996, a massive tornado outbreak tore through Oklahoma, but for one meteorologist, it was also a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Professor Jo Harding and her storm-chasing team set out to ...

MADISON, Wis. - The last EF-5 tornado that touched down in the United States hit Moore, Oklahoma, in May of 2013. However, meteorologists at the National Weather Service Grand Forks have determined, ...

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 ...

“They call F5 tornadoes the ‘finger of God.’ Few have stared one in the face and survived,” said the late Bill Paxton’s character in the movie “Twister.” The “finger of God” nickname originated after ...