Tornadoes
Zoe Suydam & Megan Kim
What, How and Where?
Tornadoes are most common in the US but can happen any where, in the US they most commonly happen along tornado ally, which is east or the rocky mountains. Tornadoes can happen any time but most commonly happen between 3-9 pm during the spring and summer.
Tornadoes form from the hot and moist air of the Gulf of Mexico and the cold and dry air of Canada and when they meet they create an unstable atmosphere that swirls and creates a tornado. Tornado ally creates so many tornadoes because it has the ideal conditions of the middle planes creating heat.
Water spout
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Tornado and storm
Tornado formation
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Tornado facts
Tornadoes Impacts
The 1896 St Louis- east St. Louis Tornado is one of the most damaging tornadoes. It was an F4 tornado and because of its location there were 225 deaths and over 1000 injuries, and more than $10 million in damage.
The Tri-State, March 18th 1925, was the most damaging tornado in history, it was an F5 spanning over 220 miles and going 60 miles per hour. Killing 695 people and injured 2027 people, the tornado caused $16.5 million in damage it is the most destructive tornado in history.
Tornadoes, like all natural disasters have a relief fund, theirs is called LDS Philanthropies helps over 50 countries throughout the US. There are also the UN Peace keepers, Red Cross, and many others.
Tornado Equipment
Some effective technology used to predict tornadoes are the Doppler radar, infra sound detectors, lightning imaging sensors, and multiple- antenna profile radar to detect formation, and many more others.
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