The Enhanced Fujita Scale provides an estimated range of a tornado's wind speeds, based on the tornado's damage.

Caught in the Storm tells the story of a deadly EF5 tornado in Joplin, Missouri, and here's why storms are classified this ...

One question you may ask yourself is how tornadoes are measured? It's with the Enhanced Fujita (EF) scale which is gives a ...

NWS rated Monday's Woodville, NC tornado as a high-end EF-1 tornado. Here's a deeper dive into the Enhanced Fujita scale.

which rates storms on a scale of 0 to 5 based on recorded wind speeds and damage reports. An EF-4 rating is among the most ...

Sharkey County's emergency management director "attempted to get to his house while watching the tornado come across farm ...

One of several tornadoes that damaged dozens of homes in Kentwood and killed several Mississippi residents Saturday has been categorized as an EF-1 storm that produced winds of 95 mph as it twisted ...

The process of tornado ... EF Scale in 2007 to improve the rating system. Tornadoes can last anywhere from just a few minutes to several hours, depending on environmental factors such as wind ...

Here’s a look at how a tornado leaves behind EF-5 damage and why so few intense tornadoes ever manage ... Manitoba, on June 22, 2007. EF-Scale ratings are assigned based on damage, not actual wind ...

Tornadoes are among the strongest and deadliest types of weather, capable of destroying entire neighborhoods in minutes. However, the most powerful tornadoes, classified as EF5, make up less than 1% ...

The Enhanced Fujita Scale is used to assign a tornado a rating based on the estimated wind speeds during the incident and the damage caused by it. The EF Scale became operational in 2007 and was ...

Residents were stunned after a tornado touched down in Pico Rivera early Thursday morning, leaving behind a trail of destruction. At around 3:15 a.m., the tornado, an EF-0 on the Enhanced Fujita ...