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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A tornado hit Enderlin, North Dakota, with winds reaching at least 210 mph. The tornado has been classified as an EF5, the first since 2013, due to new research. The National Weather Service may ...

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 ...

The tornado season has gone for a long and fairly quiet run, but someone has finally asked about the rating scale for tornado intensity. That is often referred to as the F scale. The F comes from a ...

Damage surveys released Wednesday reveal more details about two tornadoes that struck East Texas Tuesday afternoon. Just northeast of Lindale, an EF1 tornado with wind speeds of up to 100 mph began ...

Severe storms spawned multiple tornadoes in south central North Dakota, including north of Bismarck, which led to some damage. One of the two tornadoes that developed north of Bismarck was rated an EF ...

Harris County Sheriff's Office deputies say a bicyclist was killed in a chain-reaction crash near the Crosby Freeway when a Hyundai SUV failed to yield at an intersection, struck a Ford truck, which ...