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 ...

According to the National Weather Service, the tornado traveled on a path of 500 feet between Martzall Road and White Oak ...

The extent of the devastation was unparalleled, with countless homes and neighborhoods either partially or destroyed ... the afternoon period, the EF5 and EF4 tornadoes tore through communities.

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

This scale, implemented in 2007, categorizes tornadoes from EF0, the weakest tornadoes, to EF5, the strongest. The wind speeds are just estimates, based on damage surveys conducted by the National ...

Over the past 15 years, April, May, and June have consistently been the most active months for tornadoes, accounting for the highest total number and the most severe events (EF4 and EF5).