The tornado stemmed from a winter storm that brought heavy rain and powerful wind gusts to Los Angeles County.

One question you may ask yourself is how tornadoes are measured? It's with the Enhanced Fujita (EF) scale which is gives a ...

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

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

A man in Longwood managed to catch video as a violent tornado raged through his neighborhood on Monday morning.

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

Tornado frequency has risen sharply over the past three years, especially in the Midwest and South. Home insurers are raising rates in response.

The tornado wind speeds for those ratings are estimated through damage inspections performed by the National Weather Service (NWS) after the storm. Factors weighed include the quality of building ...

Wind speeds were estimated at 261-318 mph for an F5 tornado. However, several engineering studies indicated that no evidence existed of tornado wind speeds above 250 mph. Structural Integrity ...

SEATTLE — Wind speeds topped 60 mph in several areas and nearly set records overnight, knocking down power lines and trees throughout western Washington. The top wind speed recorded by the KING ...

The National Weather Service issued tornado warnings for several areas in Oregon on Monday as heavy rain and wind brought down trees and caused power outages throughout the region. The last ...