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The Enhanced Fujita Scale: How tornadoes get their rating

More than two dozen tornadoes have been confirmed from March 31, April 4 and April 5.

>> what are the things we have to remind people the government cannot commend and rebuild your house, they don't do that that is not fema's role either. that's what a lot of people think happens and that's not it. a lot of people have insurance and hopefully the insurance companies will help them. what government can do is clear the debris out of the street in the pathways they can help them with temporary shelters, fema will do that. there are also other ways to help them get the documents back that they've lost whether it's medicare, drivers license or birth certificate making sure they can put their lives back together. the toughest part is a devastating impact, there is a certain shellshocked i've been into tornadoes personally, one when i was 11 years old and one that hit the governor's manchin when i was governor in 1999 we had to ef- 5 tornadoes one and 971 and 99 when i was in office

Increasing demand for storm shelters in the Panhandle due to Oklahoma, California tornado damage

Storm shelters say they are seeing an increase of home owners wanting storm shelters because of increased worries stemming from damage in Oklahoma and California.

will recover and rebuild when they can. >> we're just trying to get what we can out of the rubble. it's pretty shocking and very sad, very sad. everybody is coming together and it is great. god will get us through this and we will come out stronger. >> alexandria: this is just the start of the tornado season for the gulf states. >> ashley: alexandria hoff, thank you. to fox news meteorologist janice dean tracking the latest. >> janice: 11 confirmed tornados march 24th and 25th. zooming in to where we had the deadliest tornado rolling fork was ef-4. up to ef-5 on the rating system we look at. then look at the before and after of rolling fork.

all right, just over 24 hours ago, we had tornadoes that were breaking out across extreme northeastern sections of texas into southwestern oklahoma. that's probably where we saw the worst damage and fatalities and the issue estimates are that these were ef-1 all the way to ef-3 on a scale that goes to ef-5, meaning at ef-3, the winds could have been as high as 165 miles per hour. let's divide the nation kind of in half. the east are having exceptionally warm temperatures. i mean exceptional. these are almost as much as 30 degrees warmer than they should be this time of year. e erie, pennsylvania, one year ago today it was 47 degrees. on saturday, you soared to 78 degrees. the records go back to the 1940s. it should be about 50 degrees or so.

of the west coast, even though we're expecting landfall this afternoon, anywhere between sarasota and fort myers and again this is a vulnerable low-lying area. very concerned about this region, we saw the tornados reported yesterday, the tornado watch continues today. that is ongoing, we'll not be talking about ef-5 tornado, but weaker tornados can do structural damage. tornado threat ongoing for were of the state and that will continue into tomorrow and through the weekend as the storm moves toward southeast and midatlantic. warnings now, hurricane warning, meaning we'll see hurricane conditions from naples to tampa and orlando. disneyland shut down for the next couple days, look at the real estate, hurricane force winds. for a matter of hours, the storm will slow down, meaning heavy

most of them in iowa. you saw the destruction in madison county. this is winterset. 4:30, 5:00 p.m., this is an area over central iowa that was hit hardest with what is referred to from the national weather service as an ef-3 tornado at minimum. they analyze some of the visualization of the damage on the ground that they saw, and they believe that that is coinciding with winds in excess of 136 miles per hour. so that is unfortunately what caused the fatalities. you can see the enhanced fujita scale. it ranges from ef-0 through ef-5. they will go through with crews on the ground tomorrow to analyze exactly how powerful this exact tornado was. just to give you some perspective hiere, only about 2% of tornados are ef-2 or ef-3, a smaller percentage ef-4, ef-5. the chance of severe weather ongoing across the great lakes although starting to diminish. look out into grand rapids, michigan, for instance. that's where we still have a

through. >> i felt the shaking of the house next thing i knew the tub had lifted and it was out of my hands. i couldn't hold on. >> incredibly, they survived as places like mayfield begin their cleanup efforts, support is pouring in from across the country. including one city that knows what lies ahead all too well in 2007, an ef-5 tornado shredded 95% of greensburg, kansas. including the home of peter and haley marks. >> probably for the next six months, we were kind of just operating in shock. >> reporter: dennis mckinney is a former state representative who live on the air described losing his home. >> the roof started going off, so i ran down the stairs. >> now 14 years later. >> the tornado is a great leveller it doesn't matter what your social status is. >> reporter: with greensburg a blank slate, they decided to build back green. all of the city's electricity now comes from this wind farm. >> we made the commitment that 100%

nature, gabe, have you? >> yeah, you know, jose, it's really tough to measure any of these and compare natural disasters, but, yes, as you mentioned, if you want to talk in terms of numbers, the joplin tornado, of course, sadly had a higher death toll. and there are other places, i remember in moore, oklahoma, back in 2013, the devastation there from that ef-5 tornado stretched for miles. but this one, so widespread, over several states, and right now, we don't know the full scope of the death toll or the devastation yet, and it's already been four to five days after this disaster. just heartbreaking to see. at least 88 people dead across multiple states and the president will be seeing some of this destruction firsthand today here in kentucky, jose. >> gabe gutierrez in mayfield, thank you so very much. and ellison, the president will also visit dawson strings, what will he see when he gets there. >> you know, 75% of this town is