List of F5, EF5, and IF5 tornadoes - Wikipedia
Outside the United States and Canada, 11 tornadoes have been officially rated F5/EF5/IF5: three in Italy, two each in France and Germany, and one each in Argentina, Australia, the Netherlands, and …
EF5 tornado in North Dakota the country’s first in over a decade | CNN
Oct 6, 2025 · EF5 tornadoes pack winds of at least 201 mph and are the highest level of the Enhanced Fujita Scale, the scale used to determine tornado strength. Tornadoes this strong are rare.
North Dakota Tornado Gets Upgraded, Ending EF5 Drought
Oct 6, 2025 · After over 12 years, the EF5 tornado drought in the U.S. has come to an end. A tornado that struck Enderlin, North Dakota in June was just upgraded to an EF5. Find the details here.
A mile-wide tornado is upgraded to EF5 level, the US's first in 12 ...
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 confirmed …
Where Have All the EF5 Tornadoes Gone? – NSSL News
Mar 14, 2025 · For nearly a dozen years, no tornadoes have been given the scale’s highest rating of EF5 by the NOAA National Weather Service. This is the longest period without an EF5-rated tornado …
Where Have the EF5s Gone? A Closer Look at the “Drought” of the …
Aug 25, 2025 · Abstract As of January 2025, the United States has gone over 11 years without the occurrence of a tornado rated enhanced Fujita 5 scale (EF5) on the EF scale, constituting the …
February 17 Webinar Enderlin: The First EF5 Tornado Since 2013
4 days ago · The 20 June 2025 Enderlin, ND, tornado was the first to be rated EF5 on the Enhanced Fujita scale since 2013, ending a 12-year drought of EF5 tornadoes. After preliminarily being rated …
Weather service upgrades deadly tornado in North Dakota to an EF5
Oct 6, 2025 · The last recorded EF5 tornado was on May 20, 2013, in a town outside Oklahoma City, killing 24 people and injuring more than 200 others.
The Enhanced Fujita Scale (EF Scale) - National Weather Service
From that, a rating (from EF0 to EF5) is assigned. The EF Scale was revised from the original Fujita Scale to reflect better examinations of tornado damage surveys so as to align wind speeds more …
EF5 tornadoes — the most powerful classification — rarely occur
Oct 8, 2025 · Meteorologists said this week that a deadly tornado in North Dakota this summer has been upgraded to a top-of-the-scale EF5, and was the first on American soil in 12 years.