New Delhi, Oct. 7 -- The United States' 12-year streak without an EF-5 tornado has ended. On Monday (October 6), the National Weather Service (NWS) in Grand Forks confirmed that a violent twister that struck Enderlin, North Dakota, on June 20 reached winds of more than 210 mph, earning the highest possible rating on the Enhanced Fujita scale.

The massive tornado, more than a mile wide, killed three people and left behind catastrophic destruction.

According to the NWS, forensic damage analysis revealed unusually high wind speeds. The tornado tipped fully loaded grain hopper cars from a train and hurled an empty tanker car nearly 500 feet. In addition, trees were uprooted with their root balls and flung through the air, while others left ...