The Enhanced Fujita Scale provides an estimated range of a tornado's wind speeds, based on the tornado's damage.

They're much more common than tornadoes. Here's why severe thunderstorms are dangerous and why you should take action when a ...

Parts of Mississippi are at risk of tornadoes, large hail, and damaging wind gusts up to 70 miles per hour later this week.

Researches found little evidence that tornadoes were getting weaker. Instead, it appears that a subjective tornado grading ...

A quirky aspect of the way we measure twisters helps explain why there hasn't been a top-tier-rated tornado in 12 years.

The National Weather Service Melbourne confirmed an EF2 tornado hit Seminole County Monday morning. Several tornado warnings ...

A group of TV journalists in Florida experienced a once-in-a-lifetime event on Monday. While meteorologist Brooks Garner at WOFL-TV was warning local citizens to be on high alert for storm activity, a ...

Upon further research and feedback from scientists, the Enhanced Fujita scale was developed and put into practice after February 1, 2007. What's the biggest difference? This new scale includes more ...

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 ...

Tornado warning: A sighting or weather radar indicated a tornado. Try to move to an interior room on the lowest level in a ...

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 ...

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 ...