A cloudy sky in the village of Tourond, south of Winnipeg, quickly turned violent Wednesday, marking Manitoba’s first tornado ...

Tornado season started in Manitoba this week with the first one touching down just southeast of Niverville, says an Ontario ...

Germany and France have had two each, while Argentine, Australia, Canada, and Italy have each had one. Despite being rare, EF5 tornadoes are far more common in the United States than anywhere else ...

Unlike measuring size alone, the EF Scale rates tornadoes by the damage they cause, helping meteorologists and emergency ...

From 2 p.m. and 10 p.m., the violent tornadoes ripped through communities. Courtesy: National Weather Service During the afternoon period, the EF5 and EF4 tornadoes tore through communities.

Outside of the United States, there have been eight tornadoes rated F5, EF5, T10+ or IF5 globally. These include two in France and Germany, and one each in Canada, Italy, Argentina, and Australia.

However, the most powerful tornadoes, classified as EF5, make up less than 1% of all tornadoes in the United States, and it has been nearly 12 years since one touched down. There have been many ...

This rises to 69% when examining tornadoes F4/EF4 or stronger. The most violent F5/EF5 rating has been assigned to 59 tornadoes dating back to 1950, and all but 10 of those occurred in April ...