The Enhanced Fujita or EF Scale is the system meteorologists use to estimate tornado strength by examining the damage it ...

In April 1974, the small town of Tanner, Alabama experienced one of the most extraordinary weather disasters ever recorded. Within just 30 minutes, two massive EF5 tornadoes from the same supercell ...

Tornadoes rated EF5 are inconceivable. They raze the Earth with winds exceeding 200 mph, sweeping foundations bare and peeling the bark off trees. Some pry pavement off roadways, scouring into the ...

A tornado was confirmed around 2 p.m. near Willowbrook and Jersey Village, after a tornado watch was issued for Houston and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A funnel cloud touches down north of Jarrell, Texas, along Interstate 35 on May 27, 1997. The violent storms that ripped throught ...

The nation's longest "drought" for the most extreme type of tornado has come to an end, scientists from the National Weather Service announced. The tornado that ended the 12-year gap actually hit back ...

A deadly tornado that tore across southeastern North Dakota this summer has been upgraded to an EF5 with winds topping 200 mph, the strongest classification of tornado and the first confirmed on ...