The thought of a tornado ripping down your street is enough to give anyone nightmares. These powerful weather events take lives, cause massive amounts of damage, and are incredibly dangerous. With wind speeds of up 300mph, a strong tornado can tear trees out of the ground, rip a house to shreds and lift humans and …
A tornado is a violently rotating column of air that can be powerful and destructive. Around 1200 hit the United States every year. The intensity of a tornado is measured on the Fujita (EF) Scale. The scale rates the tornado between 0 and 5 based on 28 damage indicators. The higher the rating, the more …
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Tornadoes are frightening natural weather events that have the potential to cause massive destruction and death throughout the areas they tear through. They are categorized using the Fujita scale and are given a rating between EF0 and EF5, with the higher ratings being stronger tornadoes. Powerful EF5 tornadoes can have wind speeds of up to …
Tornadoes are natural weather events that occur mostly in the dry central plains of North America. They range in strength with some being violent and having powerful 200 – 300mph winds, but most tornadoes are EF0 or EF1 on the Fujita scale and last only minutes. Nevertheless, a tornado warning is a scary event that …
The United States leads as the country with the most tornadoes, with an average of 1200 individual tornadoes each and every year. Whilst tornadoes in the US can happen at any time of year, they most often occur during the hot months of early summer and late spring. During these months tornadoes form when warm, …
The thought of a strong tornado ripping up a city is enough to give anybody nightmares. These weather events are notorious for causing mass destruction, leaving homes and businesses in ruin. In modern times, meteorologists are getting much better at understanding and predicting tornadoes to give residents enough warning to prepare or evacuate. It’s commonly …
Tornadoes are notorious for being some of the most dangerous natural weather events on Earth, often causing massive destruction and leaving communities devastated after they pass. But it’s not just the violently rotating vortex and incredibly high wind speeds that cause the damage. Today, we’re going to take a closer look at another way tornadoes …
Airplane transportation is one of the most effective ways to travel globally, with around 100,000 flights taking off and landing every day. They’re generally incredibly safe, with only a small number of incidents occurring during flights every year. That said, tornadoes are some of the most violent weather events on the planet, and combine the …
With around 1200 tornadoes that happen annually in the United States alone, scientists are eager to learn more about their travel paths and their mysterious ways. Tornadoes can form in a matter of seconds, and whilst many are small and disappear as quickly as they formed, some can rage for hours and cause millions of …
