Twelve years ago, the last EF5 tornado to hit the United States tore through Moore, Oklahoma. The violent storm carved a path of destruction through neighborhoods, killing 24 people and injuring ...

May 20, 2013, marks the last time the United States was hit by the worst type of tornado. On that date, a monster EF5 tornado tore a 17-mile path through the Oklahoma City suburbs, creating "40 ...

a single late May tornado in southwest Missouri was the mic drop on a truly terrible 2011. On May 22, 2011, 14 years ago today, an EF5 tornado tore a six-mile long and up to mile-wide path of ...

PLEVNA TOOK A DIRECT HIT FROM A MASSIVE WEDGE TORNADO THAT WAS AS WIDE AS THE TOWN ITSELF. MAJOR DAMAGES BEING REPORTED. HELP AND ASSISTANCE IS NEEDED! Tornado photo from @SimonStormRider ...

It may be hard to believe that with an average of 1,200 tornadoes each year in the United States, we haven’t seen an EF5-rated twister in more than 11 years. But that doesn’t mean the number ...

It started as a low, haunting roar building in the distance. It grew into a deafening thunder that drowned out all else. The ...

MOLINE, Ill. — A new study published by the American Meteorological Society has shed light on a puzzling phenomenon: The United States has not logged an EF5 tornado, the most violent category ...

The Enhanced Fujita scale rates tornadoes from EF0 to EF5 based on damage, with EFU used when damage assessment is impossible. National Weather Service officials received reports and photos that ...