Ministry of Educational Zone Tornado INTRODUCTION The word tornado is an altered form of the Spanish word tronada‚ which means thunderstorm. This in turn was taken from the Latin tonare‚ meaning to thunder. It most likely reached its present form through a combination of the Spanish tronada and tornar. A tornado is also commonly referred to as a twister‚ and is also sometimes referred to by the old-fashioned colloquial term HYPERLINK http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyclone o Cyclone cyclone. HYPERLINK
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Tornados can happen anywhere at anytime so knowing about tornados will help keep everyone informed about what to do and what tornados are. Tornados are a violent form of weather‚ many violent tornadoes have occurred in the past‚ and warnings are a way to prevent these storms from injuring people. Tornadoes are the most violent form of weather. A tornado forms when different temperatures meet. When warm air and cold air meet‚ the cold air traps the warm air therefore the warm air can not move upward
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Introduction and background Tornadoes are among the most destructive natural hazards to human life and property. In the United States‚ approximately 1‚253 tornadoes occur every year (NCDC 2015) causing an average of 50 fatalities per year and $400 million in annual economic losses (Brooks and Doswell 2000; Boruff et al. 2003; Brooks and Dotzek 2008). In recent years‚ significant advances have been made toward understanding and measuring the atmospheric factors influencing tornado genesis (Brooks
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Emily Davis. In this essay I will be telling you about tornados. Most tornadoes are form from thunderstorms. You need warm‚ moist air from the Gulf of Mexico and cool‚ dry air from Canada. When these two air masses meet‚ they create instability in the atmosphere. Then‚ when it reaches the ground it is called a tornado. It is not fully understood about how exactly tornadoes form‚ grow and die. Tornado researchers are still trying to solve the tornado puzzle‚ but for every piece that seems to fit they
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such a mighty and powerful change. Tornados are watched by millions. They are fascinating for those who record them and deadly to those who watch them. Weather is a continually changing thing and tornados make up just part of the word’s list of Nature Disasters. Oklahoma’s history would not be the same without tornados‚ but why are tornadoes so well known? And what makes them so dangerous? Known as one of the largest tornados in the United States‚ the tornado that hit on Wednesday April 9 of 1947
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Some of these tornadoes names are the tri state tornado‚ Natchez tornado‚ St. Louis tornado. The third most deadliest tornado is the St. Louis tornado.The St. louis tornado formed on May 27‚ 1896 it hit Missouri and Illinois. The tornado was a supercell‚ that was an EF-4 tornado.This tornado was about 207-260 miles per hour when it struck.the disaster killed 255 people and injured 1000. the damage total was about 3.8 billion dollars. That day
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My topic is Hurricanes and Tornadoes. They are the two worst storms in the world. For example‚ they bring havoc to the world. I will talk about their similarities. I will also talk about their differences. According to what you should know about tornadoes. Tornadoes are a cone of wind that swirls around. In addition‚ they start from the top of the sky and extend down to the ground. They destroy homes and kill innocent people. They can hit places all over the world. There is 800 or more tornadoes
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The so called Tri-State tornado’s path was 219 miles long before the twister ran out of energy and dissipated. The Tri-State tornado devastated 164 square miles of towns farms and neighborhoods leaving nothing but rubble and lost memories. The estimated speeds of over 300 mph and has broke the United States record for the fasted tornado in the U.S.A. The Tri-State tornado started at 1 p.m. and there were over 2‚000 injuries. The hospitals in the area are full with the injured and dead. We had an
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Alaska‚ Rhode Island and Vermont is closer to zero than to one. In Oklahoma and Texas‚ the average jumps to 52 and 126‚ respectively‚ though the high number in Texas is mainly due to the state’s size. To account for the different sizes of states‚ tornado averages for the USA are compared by looking at the annual number per 10‚000 square miles — an around about the size of Vermont. For example‚ Oklahoma is about 70‚000 square miles‚ or about seven Vermonts. If the entire state averages 52 tornadoes
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Title : Tornado General Goal : To inform the audience about tornado Specific Goal : To inform the audience about some facts about tornadoes. Thesis Statement : To inform the audience about the types of tornadoes‚ the causes of tornadoes‚ and odd occurrences that may be associated with tornadoes. Introduction: I. Attention grabber: What can hurdle automobiles through the air‚ rip ordinary homes to shreds‚ de-feather chickens‚ and travel at speeds over 60 mph? II.
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