The National Weather Service office in Wilmington rated two tornadoes that struck southeastern North Carolina on Sunday, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A funnel cloud touches down north of Jarrell along Interstate 35 on May 27, 1997. The violent storms that ripped through four ...

Measuring tornado winds at the ground level is notoriously difficult. Instead, meteorologists look at the damage, using on or more of 28 key indicators to determine how strong the tornado likely was ...

With the recent tornado outbreaks you are likely hearing that Tornados are rated "EF-1 or EF-2" as opposed to "F-1 or F-2." In February 2007 The National Weather Service implemented the "Enhanced ...

A basement, safe room or designated storm shelter is the best place to go, if available, one expert said.

This is the time of year when Texas sees more severe thunderstorms that can spawn tornadoes, you might hear more about where a twister ranked on the Enhanced Fujita scale or its EF rating. Among the ...

An EF-1 tornado with estimated 97 mph winds damaged nearly 50 beach bungalows and structures at Atlantic Beach on Long Island, likely forming as a waterspout before making landfall near the Sun and ...