A powerful EF5 tornado struck North Dakota in June. This marks the first EF5 tornado in the United States in over a decade.
Tornado sirens blare and strong winds cause chaos. But it's not a tornado until the National Weather Service can confirm it.
Tornado experts upgraded the deadly June 20 North Dakota twister to the rarest, strongest rating: EF5. With winds over 210 mph, it's the first in the U.S. in years.
Residents across Illinois, Indiana, and the Ohio Valley faced a direct threat from violent tornadoes after the Storm Prediction Center drew a hatched significant tornado area over the region, marking ...