The greatest amount of damage in a tornado is caused by extremely strong winds. Additional damage is from flying debris.
A rating of EF5 is reserved for the tornadoes that cause the greatest degree of damage.
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.
Most of the damage caused by tornadoes is the result of extremely powerful winds.
Most damage in a tornado is caused by the extremely fast winds.
Tornado damaged is caused by a tornado's powerful winds and objects carried y those winds.
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.
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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.
Most deaths during a tornado are caused by debris.
The most destructive tornado in history was the Joplin, Missouri tornado of May 22, 2011 with $2.8 billion in damage. It was also one of the deadliest U.S. tornadoes with 162 fatalities.