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Oklahoma tornadoThe National Weather Service just gave the tornado that struck Oklahoma this week its highest rating of EF-5 due to its high wind speed and the breadth and severity of damage. Several meteorologists used real-time measurements to calculate the energy released during the storm's life span - and they estimated that it released anywhere from 8 to 600 times the power of an atomic bomb.1
Tornado devastationThe National Weather Service just gave the tornado that struck Oklahoma this week its highest rating of EF-5 due to its high wind speed and the breadth and severity of damage. Several meteorologists used real-time measurements to calculate the energy released during the storm's life span - and they estimated that it released anywhere from 8 to 600 times the power of an atomic bomb.2
