When a tornado tears through an area, the main question after the fact is, “How strong was it?” That’s where the Enhanced ...

Texas sees an average of 135 tornadoes each year, the most of any U.S. state. Here's a look at the worst ones in the Lone ...

More extreme weather in South Africa could support conditions conducive to tornado formation, a climate expert has warned.

Instead, after a tornado hits, the U.S. National Weather Service uses a rating system it adopted in 1973 called the Fujita Scale. Devised by meteorologist Theodore Fujita in 1970, the F-scale ...

Theodore Fujita developed the Fujita Tornado Damage Scale (F-Scale ... EF-1 (86-110 mph) F1 (73-112 mph) Moderate damage. Roofs severely stripped; mobile homes overturned or badly damaged ...

FURIOUS locals are revving up for a battle with F1 motor racing team Williams over ... you can hear it sucking in the air. It’s like a tornado.” Controversial plans include a helipad and ...

On Sept. 14, 1978 when an F1 tornado hit Bainbridge. The tornado traveled 7.2 miles and caused $25,000 in damages. Aug. 24, 1982, an F1 swept near Chillicothe for 3.5 miles, injuring five people ...