At least one person has been killed after a “mini-tornado” ripped through the northern suburbs of Paris. The extreme winds began just before 6pm local time on Monday and affected about a dozen towns in the Val-d’Oise region. Philippe Court, the head of the prefecture, declared the “violent, sudden windy episode” as a “mini-tornado”.

The most rare and extreme form of tornado struck eastern North Dakota in June, but experts just determined how strong it really was.

A graphic from the National Weather Service shows the area of Hot Spring County at risk for a tornado on Saturday, Oct. 18, 2025. The National Weather Service confirmed on Sunday that an EF-1 tornado touched down in the county. (Courtesy National Weather Service)

A population of over 13 million people in parts of Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Mississippi, Arkansas, Tennessee, Kentucky, Missouri and Illinois could see the most severe weather later in the day, the Storm Prediction Center said. The main potential hazards are damaging winds, large hail and tornadoes.

A motorist felt the full force of a tornado that hit the Val d'Oise department of France, just north of Paris, Monday.

The d eadly tornado that struck Enderlin, North Dakota, in June has been classified as an extremely rare EF-5 storm, the first to hit the United States in 12 years. After a tornado strikes, the NWS conducts a survey to determine the storm's strength by analyzing the damage and determining if a tornado actually touched down.

Meteorologists say a deadly tornado in North Dakota this summer has been upgraded to a top-of-the-scale EF5, and was the first on American soil in 12 years

JESSAMINE COUNTY, Ky. (WKYT) - The National Weather Service confirmed an EF-1 tornado touched down Sunday in Jessamine County. NWS officials conducted the damage survey at an R.J. Corman Railroad building off U.S. 27. The National Weather Service said the tornado started as a “cold air funnel” that briefly touched the ground.

A powerful tornado collapsed infrastructure and left at least one person dead in Ermont, France, a city 13 miles north of Paris, during the Monday afternoon commute.

Kalamazoo County and the City of Portage are hoping to move forward with plans to jointly hire an emergency management specialist.