The twister that leveled Rolling Fork, Mississippi, clocked in as a rare EF4 tornado on the Enhanced Fujita scale. Here's what to know about the EF scale.
An EF1 tornado is categorized as having three-second wind gusts of 86 to 110 mph.An EF2 tornado is categorized as having three-second wind gusts of 111 to 135 mph.An EF4 tornado is categorized as having three-second wind gusts of 166 to 200 mph.A man man walks past the shattered windshield of a car as he clears a damaged house in Rolling Fork, Miss., after a tornado touched down in the area, March 26, 2023.
There have been just nine EF5 tornadoes to hit the United States since the Enhanced Scale started in 2007, . Four of those took place on April 27, 2011, in Alabama and Mississippi. Two others took place just weeks later in Joplin, Missouri, and Piedmont/El Reno, Oklahoma.All nine of the EF5 tornadoes in U.S. history have taken place in April or May.High death tolls in tornadoes are relatively rare in recent decades.The Joplin tornado is the only one in the top 25 deadliest storms since 1955,
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