The Similarities Between Hurricanes And Tornadoes

Lets face it: hurricanes and tornadoes are crazy. They kill hundreds of people, form in different places and cause billions of dollars in damage. Some things that people don’t know about tornadoes and hurricanes are that they can be very alike and different and many ways.

They both kill many people. In 2005, Hurricane Katrina passed over the United States killing about 1,833 people but in 1925, the Tri-State tornado which passed through Missouri, Indiana and Illinois killed 695 people. What a tragedy! You may not know this, but tornadoes cause more deaths per year. While hurricanes kill about 15 people per year, tornadoes kill 65 people per year. This is probably because you get a lot more warning when and where a hurricane hits but a tornado can happen without warning. This leaves people unprepared for tornadoes when you have weeks to prepare for a hurricane.
Hurricanes and tornadoes both form in very different places. Tornadoes can form anywhere in the world. They prefer flat, dry terrain and the strongest tornadoes form in tornado alley in Missouri, Indiana and Illinois. Hurricanes start out as storms and form in warm, tropical oceans and travel to the coastlines in which they hit. It takes tornadoes about 30-45 minutes to form and touch down but it takes a long 4 days for a hurricane to form. That's a long time compared to a