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The old scale lists an F5 tornado as wind speeds of 261–318 mph (420–512 km/h), while the new scale lists an EF5 as a tornado with winds above 200 mph (322 km/h), found to be sufficient to cause the damage previously ascribed to the F5 range of wind speeds.
Category 5 hurricane (major): 157 mph or higherCatastrophic damage will occur: A high percentage of framed homes will be destroyed; there will be total roof failure and wall collapse. Fallen trees ...
EF2 damage was inflicted to a large metal outbuilding that lost its roof with EF1 roof damage to a home along with a destroyed outbuilding. It also toppled at least five wind turbines along this portion of the track, including one turbine that caught on fire, with the blades being thrown hundreds of feet; an EF2 rating was given to this damage ...
A 24-year-old woman was killed in this area as their mobile home was rolled and destroyed. [7] The tornado weakened to mid-range EF2 intensity, a car wash and repair shop on W Country Club Rd had their roof ripped away at 120 mph, a gas station nearby had piece of their roof ripped off, trees were also uprooted and an outbuilding was damaged.
Video captured the roof of Tropicana Field, in St. Petersburg, Florida, tearing off due to Hurricane Milton.
Interlocking metal pan roof systems installed on mobile homes can fail under the pressure differential (lift) created by the high-velocity winds passing over the surface plane of the roof. This is compounded by the wind entering the building allowing the building interior to pressurize, lifting the underside of the roof panels, resulting in the ...
The local library and animal shelter were destroyed, the Rolling Fork Police Department sustained roof loss and some collapse of exterior walls, and the fire station, post office, city hall, Rolling Fork Elementary School, South Delta High School, and a church were significantly damaged. One person died in a mobile home that was destroyed. [25 ...
The highest surface-height sustained wind speed in Florida was a 15 ... with 896 homes damaged and 56 destroyed. [92] The roof of a Sam's Club crumpled and landed ...