AUSTIN (KXAN) — As hurricane season is quickly approaching, let’s remind you about the Saffir-Simpson hurricane wind scale.

Following tornadic storms Sunday in Denver, the National Weather Service will conduct storm surveys to determine their ...

A tornado developed on the Platte River shortly before 5:30 p.m. May 19, uprooting trees and damaging several properties west of North Bend.

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

It started as a low, haunting roar building in the distance. It grew into a deafening thunder that drowned out all else. The ...

MILWAUKEE - Tornadoes are categorized on what is called the Enhanced Fujita Scale or EF Scale. The Enhanced Fujita Scale ...

After every storm, we often hear that the National Weather Service rates storm damage, but what does that mean?

The severity of the damage in the county depends on the specific location, but preliminary assessments show that some areas ...

Wind Speed Limits Fujita (F) Scale: The F Scale was based on observed damage, with wind speeds estimated indirectly, using the severity of destruction as a guide. This method was criticized for ...

The National Weather Service has confirmed that an EF-1 tornado struck parts of Baltimore and Dundalk on Friday, causing ...

Believe it or not, the solar industry has a wind problem. Designed to harness the sun, solar panels are increasingly at the ...

The damage includes trees that fell on houses, cars, trailer, roads, roofs blown away, along with people trapped in homes. There is a scale for wind speed to determine how strong the wind was that ...