The Enhanced Fujita Scale: A Tornado Rating System
The Enhanced Fujita Scale provides an estimated range of a tornado's wind speeds, based on the tornado's damage.
The worst type of tornado hasn't hit the US for over a decade, perplexing experts
Researches found little evidence that tornadoes were getting weaker. Instead, it appears that a subjective tornado grading ...
Why A Severe Thunderstorm Warning Could Save Your Life
They're much more common than tornadoes. Here's why severe thunderstorms are dangerous and why you should take action when a ...
A tornado was confirmed in a Los Angeles County city Thursday. Where is Pico Rivera?
An EF0 tornado was confirmed in Pico Rivera early Thursday morning amid an ongoing storm drenching Southern California. The ...
Weak Pico Rivera tornado damages homes, cars, trees
Windspeeds reached 85 mph for about two minutes as the tornado traversed about a mile just west of the 605 Freeway.
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New study reveals potential cause of a ‘drought’ in violent EF5 tornadoes
A quirky aspect of the way we measure twisters helps explain why there hasn't been a top-tier-rated tornado in 12 years.
Tornadoes, severe storms likely in Mississippi later this week. Here's when and where
Parts of Mississippi are at risk of tornadoes, large hail, and damaging wind gusts up to 70 miles per hour later this week.
Possible tornado reported in Pico Rivera during late winter storm
A possible tornado was reported early Thursday in Pico Rivera as a late winter storm brought rain and strong winds to Los Angeles County. The possible tornado was reported at about 3:15 a.m. near the ...
Tornado warnings issued across Florida. What each alert means, how to set up phone alerts
Tornado warning: A sighting or weather radar indicated a tornado. Try to move to an interior room on the lowest level in a sturdy building and stay away from windows. If in a mobile home, a vehicle, ...
Sunshine and 70s Tuesday following a day of storms
Plenty of sunshine will be on tap starting today. Highs reach the middle 70s. 80s begin tomorrow with the middle 80s on Friday through the weekend. The next storm system will move in Monday bringing ...
Clean-up continues
Tuesday’s early-morning Ada area tornadoes caused widespread damage. Damage surveys are preliminary, but the National Weather Service has tentatively rated both the Ada tornado and the Union Valley ...
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The worst type of tornado hasn't hit the US for over a decade, perplexing experts
Tornadoes are classified on the Enhanced Fujita scale, which ranges from EF0 to EF5. Originally created by famed tornado researcher Ted Fujita, the scale takes into account estimated wind speeds ...