India, Oct. 7 -- The tornado that ripped through North Dakota on June 20 this year, hitting Enderlin, has now been reclassified by the National Weather Service as an EF5, the most severe category, The Hill reports. This classification is based on the winds during the natural calamity being recorded to be over 200 mph.

This means that it was the first tornado of this class to hit the United States in 12 years. Apart from the damage caused to inanimate objects, the tornado also killed three people.

The reports state that the tornado was on the ground for around 12 miles and was 1.05 miles wide at its most expansive. The winds that the tornado carried had speeds exceeding 210 mph. However, that is still far from the record for the fastest ...