Low number of tornadoes also brings fewest fatalities on record
As seasons change spring can often bring violent, deadly tornadoes to the central United States. But this year has been different, with a record-breaking lull in tornado activity and a corresponding drop in tornado deaths, according to NOAA’s Storm Prediction Center.
![The last EF5 tornado in the United States struck neighborhoods like this one in Moore, Oklahoma, on May 20, 2013 (Image credit: FEMA) The last EF5 tornado in the United States struck neighborhoods like this one in Moore, Oklahoma, on May 20, 2013](/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_width_1275/public/legacy/image/2019/Jun/060118-Neighborhood%20destroyed%20by%20the%20last%20EF5%20tornado%20in%20the%20country%20on%20May%2020%202013-FEMA.jpg?itok=70ILsTLG)
The last EF5 tornado in the United States struck neighborhoods like this one in Moore, Oklahoma, on May 20, 2013 (Image credit: FEMA)