It's not every day you see one of the most violent tornadoes in recent history and a historic flash flood happen just over ...

The most EF5/F5 tornadoes in a single year were in 1974 when the April 3 super outbreak spawned seven in a 24-hour period. Each red triangle is the location of a tornado that caused EF5 or F5 damage.

While the F- (and EF-) scale used for tornadoes top out at F5, the scale technically went all the way up to F12. That’s Mach 1 speed (738 miles per hour).

Surprisingly, there haven't been that many more F5, EF5, and IF5 tornadoes worldwide. There have only been 67 tornadoes classified in these categories in history, meaning that there are only eight ...

Seventeen years later, another F5 tornado tore through Lubbock, Texas, after sunset on May 11, 1970. Twenty six were killed and over 1,500 were injured on this violent tornado's 8 to 9-mile long path.

Before Twisters whirls its way into movie theaters, Glen Powell is reflecting on his first-ever real-life experience with a tornado. While speaking with The Hollwood Reporter for a feature story ...

Sharp-eyed readers of our tornado anniversary article on Wednesday may have noticed that the Oelwein, Charles City, and Washington tornadoes were rated as F5 and F3, yet the Parkersburg tornado in ...

Another F5 tornado hit the Brownwood area, east of San Angelo, in 1976, resulting in 11 injuries, but zero deaths. April 17, 2025. Anthony Franze. Newsroom Meteorologist.