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 ...

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 ...
Kansas City Star

Reed Timmer, the internet’s top tornado chaser, takes KC audience inside the storm

As the howling tornado bore down, Reed Timmer abandoned a tiny, soft-topped vehicle and sought shelter with a group underneath an overpass. This was early on in his storm-chasing career, in 1999, ...
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.

Nation’s first EF5 tornado since 2013 confirmed in North Dakota

A 12-year "drought" of EF5 tornadoes has ended, after the National Weather Service upgraded a tornado in North Dakota to EF5 ...