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

Critics in the past year called for more transparency and vetting of the procedures used to estimate billion-dollar disasters ...

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 ...

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 ...

When a tornado strikes, a team from the National Weather Service (NWS) is sent out to assess the storm’s wind speeds and damage.

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 ...

In 2024, Kansas experienced more EFU tornadoes (29) than any other rating on the Enhanced Fujita scale. The Enhanced Fujita scale rates tornadoes from EF0 to EF5 based on damage, with EFU used ...

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 ...