The scale uses damage as a proxy for tornado strength and ranks tornadoes from a 0 (weakest) to 5 (catastrophic). But because ...

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

Following tornadic storms Sunday in Denver, the National Weather Service will conduct storm surveys to determine their ...

MILWAUKEE - Tornadoes are categorized on what is called the Enhanced Fujita Scale or EF Scale. The Enhanced Fujita Scale ...

Trump weakened understaffed National Weather Service offices. Some people in the storms' paths wonder if budget cuts ...

A series of outbreaks in March, April and May have produced hundreds of tornadoes, with five of them rating as violent EF4s.

Pinpoint Weather Meteorologist Liz McGiffin explains how storm damage assessments play a role when it comes to determining the rating of a tornado. The official first day of summer is still a ...

The National Weather Service (NWS) has confirmed that a tornado touched down earlier this week in Chicot County during a ...

People often think of mountains when they think of Colorado, but the Centennial State isn’t all ski slopes — much of the state looks more like Kansas, and the severe weather reflects that.

The tornadoes that struck the Kansas towns of Plevna and Grinnell on Sunday were EF3s, the National Weather Service says. No ...

A wide swath of tree damage was reported in Gloucester and Atlantic counties last Friday, from New Jersey's longest tornado ...

CLEBURNE COUNTY, Ala. — The National Weather Service in Birmingham has confirmed that a tornado touched down in Cleburne County during May 21st storms. After surveying the damage, meteorologists ...