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EF5 vs. F5: Abilene meteorologists explain how tornado ratings evolved

Some might think the Enhanced Fujita (EF) Scale is basically the same as the original Fujita (F) Scale, but Big Country ...

The most destructive tornados around the world

The United States sees more tornadoes than anywhere else on Earth, but some of the deadliest have struck countries thousands ...
PBS

Extreme Weather part 2

Floods, fires and storms are flat or down, but risk and damages have increased. Last episode, our experts referenced IPCC data to explain that heat, heat waves and precipitation are trending up. While ...
Fascinating Horror on MSN

What Happened When Scientists Drove Into an F5 Tornado

On May 10th, 1996, a massive tornado outbreak tore through Oklahoma, but for one meteorologist, it was also a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Professor Jo Harding and her storm-chasing team set out to ...
Houston Chronicle

First EF5 tornado in 12 years confirmed in North Dakota — a possible warning for Texas

For the first time in 12 years, the United States has recorded an EF5 tornado, the most powerful type of twister on the Enhanced Fujita wind and damage scale, the National Weather Service confirmed ...
TechCrunch

Cyber giant F5 Networks says government hackers had ‘long-term’ access to its systems, stole code and customer data

Cybersecurity firm F5 Networks says government-backed hackers had “long-term, persistent access” to its network, which allowed them to steal the company’s source code and customer information. In a ...
News Tribune

RIGHT AS RAIN: Forensic studies used to rate severity of storms

In the immediate aftermath of a tornadic storm, the National Weather Service compiles damage reports from the public, emergency managers and first responders. If the damage reports correlate with ...
KSBW The Central Coast

Tornado-like event causes damage at Flip Flop Farms in Pescadero

The National Weather Service is investigating a potential tornado at Flip Flop Farms in Pescadero, where significant damage occurred, including a 200-pound water tank being thrown across a highway.
AZFamily

What’s the difference between a tornado and a microburst?

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — The Monday afternoon microburst that ripped through Tempe and the surrounding areas had some people wondering if they had been hit by a tornado. The National Weather Service ...
Ars Technica

Thousands of customers imperiled after nation-state ransacks F5’s network

Thousands of networks—many of them operated by the US government and Fortune 500 companies—face an “imminent threat” of being breached by a nation-state hacking group following the breach of a major ...
The Conversation

‘Space tornadoes’ could cause geomagnetic storms – but these phenomena, spun off ejections from the Sun, aren’t easy to study

Mojtaba Akhavan-Tafti is the Principal Investigator of Space Weather Investigation Frontier (SWIFT). He receives funding from NASA. W. Manchester is a Co-Investigator of Space Weather Investigation ...