Tornadoes primarily cause damage with their intense winds. Strcutres may be torn apart or collapse under the force of the wind. Some damage is also cause damage through debris carried by the wind.
The greatest amount of damage in a tornado is caused by extremely strong winds. Additional damage is from flying debris.
Tornado damaged is caused by a tornado's powerful winds and objects carried y those winds.
Light damage is the descriptor for an F0 tornado. However stronger tornadoes will also cause light damage in areas that they do not hit head on.
The rating on the Fujita or F scale of a tornado is determined by the severity of the damage it causes. Different levels of tornado have different levels of damage severity, ranging from the minor damage of an F0 tornado the the total destruction of an F5.
Scientists use the severity of damage that a tornado causes to estimate wind speed.
The Fujita scale uses the severity of the damage a tornado causes to determine its rating.
The Fujita scale uses the severity of damage to determine the strength of a tornado.The Fujita scale rates tornadoes based on the severity of the damage they cause. Scientists examine the damage left by a tornado and determine what level (F0 to F5) best fits it. The overall rating of the tornado comes from the most severe damage it causes.
A rating of EF5 is reserved for the tornadoes that cause the greatest degree of damage.
Generally the stronger the tornado, the more severe the damage it causes. A large tornado can affect a larger area than a small tornado and therefore cause a greater quantity of damage, though it is not necessarily more severe.
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The eye of a tornado itself most likely does not do damage as radar analysis and eyewitness testimony show that they eye of a tornado is calm like the eye of a hurricane. The wind and debris surrounding the eye is what causes damage.
Scientists usually use the severity of the damage a tornado causes to estimate its wind speed.