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.

Recent years have seen the addition of EFU tornadoes, for which intensity isn't known, to the Enhanced Fujita scale used to ...

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

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 ...

Two Texas Historical Markers will commemorate the deadly May 11, 1970 Lubbock tornado and Dr. Fujita on Sunday in Lubbock. Here's what to know.

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 ...