Nearly three decades ago, a monstrous EF5 tornado tore through multiple Birmingham ... mobile home and destroying the Oak Grove School, a fire department and several other buildings.

Unlike measuring size alone, the EF Scale rates tornadoes by the damage they cause, helping meteorologists and emergency ...

For comparison, an EF5 tornado has winds of at least 201 mph ... when a tree fell on a home in Transylvania County, Connestee Fire Rescue posted on Facebook. The numbers are expected to rise ...

Damage surveys provide crucial information about when, where and how strong U.S. tornadoes are to better understand disaster risk ...

The city of Moore was the epicenter of an EF5 tornado Monday, May 20, that decimated neighborhoods in the Oklahoma City area and took the lives of some of its citizens. Teams are still evaluating ...

From 2 p.m. and 10 p.m., the violent tornadoes ripped through communities. Courtesy: National Weather Service During the afternoon period, the EF5 and EF4 tornadoes tore through communities.

However, the most powerful tornadoes, classified as EF5, make up less than 1% of all tornadoes in the United States, and it has been nearly 12 years since one touched down. There have been many ...

As the daily dose of severe weather continues over parts of the central United States into next week, the risk to lives and ...

Each of these tornadoes were surveyed on the damage they caused and were given an EF rating of EF0 to EF5 by the National Weather Service. As common as tornadoes are in Texas, the most violent ...