Comparison And Contrast Tornado And Hurricanes

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Tornados and hurricanes are different and alike they can be big and they can be small they can form on land or they can form on water.

Hurricanes can be big or small and can range from different sizes of destruction and can be very deadly, You can’t see hurricanes because they are not visible and there is an eye of a hurricane and they are so peaceful inside the eye the hurricane is very destructive. hurricanes can form on water and they can move onto land and become weaker when they are in water they are stronger and they can do more destruction and they can be miles wide or even as big as a whole state.

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Tornados are very destructive too they are visible though and many people don’t get killed by tornados because they are

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