A massive tornado that tore through Lubbock on May 11, 1970, killed 26 people, left more than 500 injured, and caused $100 ...

May 11 marks a solemn double milestone in Texas weather history: the state’s deadliest tornado — and its strongest.

ROCHESTER, Minn. (KTTC) – After Monday’s severe weather threat, a confirmed EF-1 tornado damaged property outside Kenyon ...

The EF scale is the scale that meteorologists use to survey damage and estimate a tornado’s maximum wind speeds. Created by Dr. Ted Fujita in 1971, the original Fujita (F) scale was implemented ...

In today’s modern rate, it would have been about a billion dollars worth of damage. At the time, it was the costliest tornado in history. Now it’s the Joplin tornado, which caused $3 billion worth of ...

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

Records show 36 tornadoes touching down in, or traveling into, Outagamie County between 1950 and 2024. Here are the details ...

The two Historic Markers commemorate The 1970 Tornado and The Fujita Scale. The May 1970 tornado was the first recorded F5 storm which tore through the downtown area. The tornado destroyed most homes ...

as tornado science advanced and the understanding of tornadoes and their damage improved, limitations in the original Fujita Scale became apparent to meteorologists and forecasters. Decades after ...