Greensburg, Kansas, was nearly wiped off the map by the first-ever tornado officially rated EF5 under the Enhanced Fujita ...

It’s been over 11 years since the last EF5 tornado struck the U.S.,a surprising drought considering the frequency of violent ...

The Enhanced Fujita Scale, which came into use on Feb. 1, 2007, assigns tornadoes a rating based on wind speeds estimated off ...

Hustisford and Beaver Dam, both located in Dodge County, saw tornadoes briefly touch down Wednesday afternoon.

The Deer Creek Fire had already burned several thousand acres just north of La Sal on Saturday when the column of flames and ...

According to the National Weather Service, the tornado that struck Rome on Tuesday, July 16, 2024, was an EF2 category ...

The strength of tornadoes is rated on the Enhanced Fujita, or EF, Scale. The scale runs from 0 to 5 and rates tornadoes after they’ve hit by assessing damage to determine wind speed.

The Enhanced Fujita Scale categorizes tornadoes by degree of damage indicators and associates that damage with estimated wind speeds for three-second gusts.

The Enhanced Fujita Scale is a tornado rating that determines the wind speed by the damage the tornado produces but do we need to adjust it?

Meteorologist Caitlin Harvey breaks down the Enhanced Fujita scale that's used to rank tornadoes.

Tornadoes are rated based on the damage they cause, but what wind speeds are associated with each rating? How common are EF0 tornadoes compared to EF5 tornadoes? Get ready for severe weather ...