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

Three people were killed in the tornado, which produced 210 mph winds, leveling homes and tossing fully-loaded box cars.

The National Weather Service said the EF5 twister in North Dakota packed winds stronger than 200 mph, underscoring risks that ...

FARGO, N.D. (Valley News Live) - June 20 marks 68 years since a massive tornado, which has since been commonly referred to as the “Fargo Tornado” carved a nine-mile path through Fargo and Moorhead.

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, ...

A twister that touched down in June was recently confirmed to be a rare EF-5 tornado. New York has seen its share of strong tornadoes, but has the state ever encountered an EF-5?

AUSTIN (KXAN) — A tornado warning in Jarrell on Monday as strong storms moved through Central Texas came a day before the anniversary of a 1997 storm that left destruction and a lasting impression on ...

We haven't seen much severe weather recently in the U.S., but the country hasn't been nearly that fortunate in past Augusts. On Aug. 28, 1990, 35 years ago today, an F5 tornado raked through two ...

The deadly tornado that ripped through rural Enderlin, North Dakota, in June has been upgraded from EF4 to an EF5, making it the strongest tornado and first EF5 in the United States in more than a ...