The Enhanced Fujita Scale: A Tornado Rating System
The Enhanced Fujita Scale provides an estimated range of a tornado's wind speeds, based on the tornado's damage.
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Explaining the Enhanced Fujita scale for tornadoes
One question you may ask yourself is how tornadoes are measured? It's with the Enhanced Fujita (EF) scale which is gives a ...
Tornado touches down in Pico Rivera, leaving trail of destruction behind
Residents were stunned after a tornado touched down in Pico Rivera early Thursday morning, leaving behind a trail of ...
Tornado touches down in Los Angeles County overnight, damaging Pico Rivera neighborhood with EF0-level winds
An EF0 tornado touched down in Los Angeles County early Thursday morning, causing damage to a Pico Rivera neighborhood, the ...
Why A Severe Thunderstorm Warning Could Save Your Life
They're much more common than tornadoes. Here's why severe thunderstorms are dangerous and why you should take action when a ...
The worst type of tornado hasn't hit the US for over a decade, perplexing experts
Researches found little evidence that tornadoes were getting weaker. Instead, it appears that a subjective tornado grading ...
Rare tornado in Pico Rivera damages homes, cars, trees
Windspeeds reached 85 mph for about two minutes as the tornado traversed about a mile just west of the 605 Freeway.
Tornadoes, severe storms likely in Mississippi later this week. Here's when and where
Parts of Mississippi are at risk of tornadoes, large hail, and damaging wind gusts up to 70 miles per hour later this week.
Tornado Reported in Los Angeles Area as Storm Batters California
Parts of the city had been urged to evacuate as a powerful system brought rain and snow up and down the state.
Tornado hits city of Pico Rivera amid powerful storm that brought flooding and mountain snow to Southern California
Wind gusts were forecast to top 50 mph in some areas. In Pico Rivera, a tornado with wind speeds reaching 85 mph traveled ...
Rare tornado leaves path of damage for blocks in Pico Rivera
A weak tornado with winds estimated at about 85 mph left a path of damage that extended for blocks in a Pico Rivera neighborhood early Thursday as a late winter storm brought rain and strong winds to ...
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The worst type of tornado hasn't hit the US for over a decade, perplexing experts
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 ...