Shizuoka Prefecture reeling from deadly tornadoes

Swaths of central Japan's Shizuoka Prefecture were heavily hit by tornadoes last Friday, including one weather officials say ...
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EF5 tornadoes — the most powerful classification — rarely occur

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.

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

There hadn’t been an EF5 — the most intense on the five-point Enhanced Fujita Scale — anywhere on the planet for more than 12 years, dating back to an Oklahoma tornado on May 20, 2013. And then on ...

EF5 tornado that killed 3 in North Dakota was the nation’s first in 12 years

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. That tornado tore through hundreds of homes, a school, hospital ...

The U.S.'s strongest tornado in 12 years hit North Dakota in June, National Weather Service says

A deadly tornado that ripped through a rural city in North Dakota in June​ has been upgraded to an EF-5, the National Weather ...
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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 ...