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2026 has already spun up more than 500 tornadoes, including Minnesota’s first EF5 on record

The 2026 tornado season has produced a staggering volume of severe weather across the central United States, with preliminary federal storm reports already exceeding 500 individual tornado entries ...
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Here’s how we find out how strong tornadoes were

Around 1,200 tornadoes occur on average in the United States each year and every one of them gets its own rating on the Enhanced Fujita Scale. More commonly known as the EF Scale, it organizes ...