As summertime showers and hurricane season start, here are some tips to stay safe if a tornado comes with an South Carolina ...

Because reporting practices and requirements vary so much, extreme weather’s true damage cost is often a mystery. There are ...

Ratings go from EF-U to EF-5. MILWAUKEE - Tornadoes are categorized on what is called the Enhanced Fujita Scale or EF Scale. The Enhanced Fujita Scale became operational on February 1 ...

Meteorologists do this using a scale called the Enhanced Fujita, or EF, scale. The tornadoes that hit portions of the Denver metro region on Sunday were significant. Many homes were damaged or ...

Decades after the Lubbock storm, researchers at Texas Tech University played a key role in developing the more accurate Enhanced Fujita (EF) Scale. "NWS personnel, who are responsible for rating ...

The National Weather Service said Tuesday that the tornadoes were significant with “considerable” damage, with an Enhanced Fujita scale ranking of an EF-2. The Fujita Scale was improved by ...

ST. JOHNS COUNTY, Fla. — The National Weather Service has confirmed that a tornado touched down in St. Johns County on ...

From that assessment, the tornado is given a rating on the Enhanced Fujita Scale, or the EF scale. According to the NWS Wichita Warning Coordination Meteorologist Vanessa Pearce, it has been ...