From the beginning of tornado season in April to its end in August, EF rankings for one tornado after another might blow by and leave your head spinning. However, the tragic death of a toddler and the ...

Tornadoes rated a 5 on the National Weather Service’s intensity scale are so strong they can level strong frame houses, debark trees, launch cars great distances through the air and etch a scar into ...

Anxiety is often not an all-or-nothing feeling. Just like other emotions, anxiety exists along a continuum with different levels of intensity. You can picture this continuum using the anxiety ...

Tropical systems tracked by the National Hurricane Center will be classified as depressions, tropical storms and hurricanes based on their intensity. The NHC will label a system a tropical depression ...

Atmospheric rivers, which are long, narrow bands of water vapor, are becoming more intense and frequent with climate change. A new study demonstrates that a recently developed scale for atmospheric ...

A recent study joins a growing chorus of calls for experts to adopt a new intensity scale to rank the power of hurricanes. The current Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale (SSHWS) only takes into ...