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| Fu·ji·ta scale [ foo jtə skàyl ] |
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tornado damage scale: a scale used to rank tornadoes by the amount of damage they do to human-made structures and natural objects. The scale runs from F-0 to F-5, with F-0 indicating light damage caused by winds of 64-116 kph (40-72 mph) and F-5 indicating the devastation caused by winds of 415-512 kph (261-318 mph.)
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| [Late 20th century. After Tetsuya Theodore Fujita (1920-1998), Japanese-born U.S. chemist] |
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