Durban — The South African Weather Service (SAWS) has concluded that last week’s tornado in oThongathi can be rated as an EF3 on the Enhanced Fujita scale. This was contained in an extensive ...

Instead, after a tornado hits, the U.S. National Weather Service uses a rating system it adopted in 1973 called the Fujita Scale. Devised by meteorologist Theodore Fujita in 1970, the F-scale ...

He immersed himself in research on tornadoes and introduced the “Fujita Scale”, a six-point scale to classify degrees of tornado intensity.

When tornadoes rip through populated areas, their presence is unmistakable. They’re loud, dangerous and destructive, leaving ...

Researchers say intense wind recorded on the Sunshine Coast earlier this week was actually a tornado. There were no reported injuries, but the tempest did cause some damage.

It may not happen often but extreme weather can happen on Thanksgiving Day we’ve seen that in the past ranging from tornado ...

On the five-point Enhanced Fujita Scale, which is used to measure tornado intensity, Monday's came in at an EF0 — the lowest ranking, indicating there was light damage. According to the tornado ...

One minor injury was reported. EF-0 is the lowest of six ratings on the Enhanced Fujita (EF) scale for evaluating the severity of tornadoes. EF-0 tornadoes range from 65 mph to 85 mph in windspeed ...