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According to the European Severe Storms Laboratory, there have been 52 confirmed tornadoes in Europe and the Mediterranean Basin in 2025, resulting in 0 fatalities and 1 injury. Note that non-damaging waterspouts are included in this number but not elsewhere and that ESWD data includes Europe as well as surrounding regions. [1]
The Tehama County, California EFU tornado on January 3, 2025.. From January 3 to January 7 of 2025, a major winter storm passed over the contiguous United States.The storm system made landfall on January 3 over the West Coast of the United States, [4] where it produced the first tornado of the year, a brief EFU tornado in rural Tehama County, California, which caused no damage.
While most tornadoes attain winds of less than 110 miles per hour (180 km/h), are about 250 feet (80 m) across, and travel a few miles (several kilometers), the wind speeds in the most intense tornadoes can reach 300 miles per hour (480 km/h), are more than two miles (3 km) in diameter, and stay on the ground for dozens of miles (more than 100 km).
Most of Europe, on the other hand, uses the TORRO tornado intensity scale (or T-Scale), which ranks tornado intensity between T0 and T11; F3/EF3 tornadoes are approximately equivalent to T6 to T7 on the T-Scale. Tornadoes rated IF3 on the International Fujita scale are also included on this list.
Tornado destroys FSU Flying High Circus tent, fence at Dick Howser Stadium Photos show storm damage throughout Tallahassee Second EF-2 tornado damages roofs at Florida A&M campus
F3 tornado. [24] 1967 Western Europe tornado outbreak: 24–25 June 1967: France – Netherlands – Belgium - Germany: 7: 15 - 20 fatalities, 112 injured: From 24 to 25 June 1967, a violent tornado outbreak struck western Europe. The event started with an unrated tornado which occurred near Jüterbog in eastern Germany at around noon.
Arguably one of the nation's worst tornado outbreaks still has many unknowns to this day, largely because it happened in the late 19th century. From Feb. 19-20, 1884, 141 years ago, a swarm of ...
Some of the most notorious twisters in U.S. history were wedge tornadoes, including the EF5 that leveled Joplin, Missouri, on May 22, 2011, and the El Reno tornado, which was a jaw-dropping 2.6 ...