10, 2021, when a horrific EF4 tornado tore across western Kentucky, killing scores of people ... is designed right now than it was to attain an F5 rating on the legacy Fujita scale," Lyza said.

Tornadoes can have extreme differences in how fast they move. Past history shows they can track as fast as traffic on an ...

During the 1974 Super Outbreak, an F5 tornado that hit Guin, Alabama, traveled at a forward speed of 75 mph. Destruction in Mayfield, Kentucky, following the Dec. 10, 2021, EF4 tornado.

Tornadoes in the U.S. typically increase sharply in spring. Unfortunately, a few of those can be violent tornadoes, particularly in the South. On March 3, 1966, 59 years ago today, an F5 tornado ...