section_path: Types/Tornadoes
section_name: Tornadoes
paragraph_text: Tornadoes
  
  As of June 5, there have been 37 tornadoes rated F3/EF3 or higher, with five of those receiving a rating of EF4. All of these tornadoes have taken place in the United States. The strongest tornado of the year impacted Diaz, Arkansas at high-end EF4 intensity, with estimated peak winds of 190 miles per hour (310 km/h).
  
  Worldwide, 68 deaths have been confirmed: 62 in the United States, three in Spain two in China and one in Brazil.
  
  The first tornadic fatalities of the year occurred on February 6, when an EF2 tornado impacted mobile homes near Deer Lodge, Tennessee, killing two people and injuring three others.
  
  In the month of March, a major outbreak took place from March 13–16, which was the most active March tornado outbreak on record. It caused 43 fatalities, 23 of which tornadic, and more than 200 injuries. Five of these fatalities occurred during an EF4 tornado that also injured at least 3 other people. Total damage from the storm reached $6.25 billion (2025 USD).
  
  Another major tornado outbreak took place from April 2–7, which resulted in at least 24 fatalities, 9 of which tornadic, and at least 47 injuries. Five of these deaths took place during an EF3 tornado that injured 14 others as well.
  
  In May, two tornado outbreaks occurred, the first one spanning from May 15–16, which spawned a high end EF4 tornado, injuring seven people as it destroyed homes and trees. An EF3 tornado on May 16 tore through the St. Louis area, leaving five people dead, and led to 5,000 buildings seeing some sort of damage. The deadliest tornado since 2021 killed nineteen people in Laurel County, Kentucky.
  
  The second one spanning fron May 18–21, which an EF3 tornado struck the town of Grinnell, Kansas. Later on the evening of May 18 through the early morning hours of the 19th, a tornado familly occurred, where 8 tornadoes were spawned by a single supercell, 5 of which were rated EF3. The first EF3 tornado struck areas near Coldwater, Kansas. A second large EF3 wedge tornado nearly missed the town of Greensburg, which was struck by an EF5 tornado on May 4, 2007. A third large EF3 tornado struck areas near Haviland. A fourth large tornado struck areas near Iuka. A fifth large tornado struck the town of Plevna.