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What the tornado rating scale means in SC and how to be safe during hurricane season
As summertime showers and hurricane season start, here are some tips to stay safe if a tornado comes with an South Carolina ...
Extreme weather’s true damage cost is often a mystery – that’s a problem
Critics in the past year called for more transparency and vetting of the procedures used to estimate billion-dollar disasters ...
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Enhanced Fujita Scale; how National Weather Service ranks tornadoes
Ratings go from EF-U to EF-5. MILWAUKEE - Tornadoes are categorized on what is called the Enhanced Fujita Scale or EF Scale. The Enhanced Fujita Scale became operational on February 1 ...
40 years ago a rare and deadly tornado outbreak struck Pennsylvania. Are more in our future?
It was “one of the rarest” tornado outbreaks on record, says a tornado expert, but “things like that are possible.” ...
Deadly Kentucky Tornadoes Ignite Fears Over U.S. Weather Warning Systems
Trump weakened understaffed National Weather Service offices. Some people in the storms' path wonder if budget cuts ...
NWS confirms tornado touched down in St. Johns County Thursday without a tornado warning
ST. JOHNS COUNTY, Fla. — The National Weather Service has confirmed that a tornado touched down in St. Johns County on ...
NWS confirms Union County tornado which touched down April 17 was EF-1
The National Weather Service confirmed with Local 5 News that the tornado reached max wind speeds over 90 mph.
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NWS confirms EF-0 tornado just north of Shiawassee County
A brief tornado touched down on May 16 just south of Chesaning village limits, confirmed the National Weather Service’s Detroit/Pontiac office Thursday after surveying damage near the ...