What type of destruction can a tornado cause?

Damage varies depending on the intensity.

Very weak tornadoes (rated EF0) cause minor damage, including missing shingles, downed gutters and broken tree limbs.

Stronger tornadoes (e.g. EF2) can tear roofs from most buildings, demolish trailers, and snap large trees.

The very strongest of tornadoes (rated EF5) can wipe well-built structures clean off their foundations, strip trees of their bark, and tear asphalt from roads.