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On The Fujita scale and the later Enhanced Fujita scale there are 6 categories: F0 to F5 and EF0 to EF5 respectively. The TORRO scale, used by some European countries, has 12 categories from T0 to T11, with every two categories equivalent to one category on the Fujita scale.

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