A tornado is defined as a violently rotating column of air touching the ground attached to the base of a thunderstorm.

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 ...

On June 20, 2025, a tornado touched down near the town of Enderlin, North Dakota. The deadly twister left a sprawling path of debris in its wake, which spanned more than a mile wide in some areas. The ...

During the month of May, the United States saw 288 preliminary reports of tornadoes, above the May average of 276 tornadoes. None of these storms were rated as stronger than an EF2, marking the first ...

Final report of a record-setting year in North Dakota for tornadoes.