<Tr> <Td_colspan="7"> Enhanced Fujita Scale </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> EF0 </Td> <Td> EF1 </Td> <Td> EF2 </Td> <Td> EF3 </Td> <Td> EF4 </Td> <Td> EF5 </Td> </Tr> <P> The Enhanced Fujita scale (EF - Scale) rates the intensity of tornadoes in the United States and Canada based on the damage they cause . </P> <P> Implemented in place of the Fujita scale introduced in 1971 by Tetsuya Theodore Fujita, it began operational use in the United States on February 1, 2007, followed by Canada on April 1, 2013 . The scale has the same basic design as the original Fujita scale--six categories from zero to five, representing increasing degrees of damage . It was revised to reflect better examinations of tornado damage surveys, so as to align wind speeds more closely with associated storm damage . Better standardizing and elucidating what was previously subjective and ambiguous, it also adds more types of structures and vegetation, expands degrees of damage, and better accounts for variables such as differences in construction quality . </P>

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