With severe weather season in full swing, you’ll start to hear some terms being thrown around when describing certain events. Meteorologist Adam Rutt explains. This past weekend featured several ...

The EF scale is the scale that meteorologists use to survey damage and estimate a tornado’s maximum wind speeds. Created by Dr. Ted Fujita in 1971, the original Fujita (F) scale was implemented ...

This phenomenon is called a downburst, and when the wind area is less than 2.5 miles across, it is called a microburst, a term coined by tornado researcher Dr. Ted Fujita, inventor of the Fujita ...

Originally created by famed tornado researcher Ted Fujita, the scale takes into account estimated wind speeds, observed damage and damage verified in weather service surveys after tornadoes.

The tragic crash of Eastern Airlines Flight 66 in 1975 spurred crucial safety improvements, saving countless lives in the aviation industry.

The scale is named after Tetsuya “Ted” Fujita, an engineer and meteorologist who developed the original version of it in 1971.

Tropical Storm Harold spawned flash floods, power outages and tornado warnings as it barreled through Texas on Tuesday. Thankfully, no tornados materialized, but the possibility was not to be ...

You probably recognize the name Dr. Ted Fujita from the Fujita Scale -- the original tornado scale that he developed in 1971 in the Midwest.

The scale is named after Tetsuya “Ted” Fujita, an engineer and meteorologist who developed the original version of it in 1971.