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

A rare, monstrous EF5 tornado that struck the United States more than three months ago was the first of its kind in more than a decade, experts announced Monday. A tornado that roared through part of ...

North Dakota tornado was the first at EF5 strength in a dozen years

A deadly tornado that tore across North Dakota this summer has been upgraded to an EF5 with winds over 200 mph, the strongest ...
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EF5 tornado that killed 3 in North Dakota was the nation’s first in 12 years

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A deadly tornado that tore across southeastern North Dakota this summer has been upgraded to an EF5 with winds topping 200 mph ...
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First EF5 tornado in 12 years confirmed in North Dakota - a possible warning for Texas

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A funnel cloud touches down north of Jarrell, Texas, along Interstate 35 on May 27, 1997. The violent storms that ripped throught ...
The Washington Post

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

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 ...
USA Today

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

The nation's longest "drought" for the most extreme type of tornado has come to an end, scientists from the National Weather Service announced. The tornado that ended the 12-year gap actually hit back ...
PBS

Weather service upgrades deadly tornado in North Dakota to an EF5, 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 ...
Penn Live

Early summer tornado has been classified as powerful, rare EF5

A deadly tornado that tore across southeastern North Dakota this summer has been upgraded to an EF5 with winds topping 200 mph, the strongest classification of tornado and the first on American soil ...
Las Vegas Sun

EF5 tornadoes — the most powerful classification — rarely occur

Editor’s note: “Behind the News” is the product of Sun staff assisted by the Sun’s AI lab, which includes a variety of tools such as Anthropic’s Claude, Perplexity AI, Google Gemini and ChatGPT.
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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, the strongest classification of tornado and the first confirmed on ...
ABC12

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

An EF5 tornado that struck the United States more than three months ago was the first of its kind in more than a decade, according to the National Weather Service. A tornado that roared through part ...