The tornado in question was rated as an EF3 on the Enhanced Fujita scale (136-165mph wind speeds), and travelled through Lincoln, Waverly and up into Elkhorn and Bennington in Nebraska. The damage ...

Heavy storms ravaged parts of Pinellas County on Wednesday night, according to Pinellas Park police and Largo Fire Rescue. At ...

WICHITA — On May 4, 2007, Greensburg, Kansas, was slammed by a 205 mph EF5 tornado that killed 12 and damaged or destroyed much of the town. On Sunday night, it almost happened again as a family ...

EF5 tornado ratings are rare for two reasons: The first is that tornadoes of that intensity are uncommon events. Most tornadoes have wind speeds well under the 201 mph threshold for EF5, Lyza said.

She survived the last EF5 tornado at age 8. 12 years later, she's studying to be a meteorologist. ... "She didn't give up right after she lost her sisters, which should be easy to do." ...

It may be hard to believe that with an average of 1,200 tornadoes each year in the United States, we haven’t seen an EF5-rated twister in more than 11 years. But that doesn’t mean the number ...

MOLINE, Ill. — A new study published by the American Meteorological Society has shed light on a puzzling phenomenon: The United States has not logged an EF5 tornado, the most violent category ...