First EF5 tornado to strike the US in more than a decade just confirmed by experts, marking the return of monster twisters

A powerful EF5 tornado struck North Dakota in June. This marks the first EF5 tornado in the United States in over a decade.
The Bismarck Tribune

Deadly North Dakota tornado reclassified; first EF5 in the country in 12 years

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.
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2026 has already spun up more than 500 tornadoes, including Minnesota’s first EF5 on record

The 2026 tornado season has produced a staggering volume of severe weather across the central United States, with preliminary federal storm reports already exceeding 500 individual tornado entries ...
Columbus Dispatch

Did tornadoes hit Ohio? How National Weather Service confirms twisters

The National Weather Service confirms tornadoes by surveying the pattern of damage in person. Tornado damage appears chaotic, while microburst damage looks flattened in one direction. Tornadoes are ...