North Dakota Tornado Classified as EF5 - First in 12 Years!

North Dakota Tornado Classified as EF5 - First in 12 Years!

A tornado that hit Enderlin, North Dakota on June 20th has been upgraded to EF5 status with winds exceeding 210 mph. This marks the first EF5 tornado in the United States in over a decade, ending the longest "EF5 drought" since the enhanced scale was introduced in 2007. Survey teams confirmed the devastating classification after analyzing damage from a train derailment and Doppler radar data.