Hurricanes And Tornadoes In The Mid-US

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Hurricanes and tornadoes are very dangerous natural disasters, but how dangerous are they? Hurricanes and tornadoes have caused so much havoc and chaos across the U.S. Many people think that these beasts aren't that bad, but they're wrong!

Tornadoes have a cone, or cyclonic appearance to them, and are a common, but deadly natural disaster. They, spin very, very fast, and their winds and speeds can reach up to three hundred miles per hour according to, Hurricanes and Tornadoes Source 3. Normally people from the Mid – Section of the United States see tornadoes. The Mid – U.S. is also known as Tornado Alley according to, Hurricanes and Tornadoes Source 2. Rarely, not that much people die from tornadoes, but the damage is horrible is what
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They form in warm waters out in the ocean, said Spencer Adkins, a weather man on Channel 13 WOWK. Hurricanes are a huge collision of heavy rainstorms, and winds. Hurricanes don't happen in the middle of the U.S. like tornadoes do, they clash off the African coastline and on the U.S. Coastline states Source 4. Spencer Adkins also stated that "Since hurricanes are so big, tornadoes can evolve inside a hurricane once on is on land." Like tornadoes, hurricanes don't cause that many casualties according to Source 4. If you thought tornadoes cost a lot of damage, tornadoes cost way more! Source 4 says, "the damage cost for hurricanes estimate around one-hundred billion dollars."

Hurricanes and tornadoes can be alike. They're not that much alike, but they share some characteristics. One characteristic is that they are both horrible natural disasters according to Scholastic magazine, Hurricanes and Tornadoes. Another is they both don't kill as much people. Though, both of them do kill people, but not as much according to Sources 3 and 4. The last one is "they both spin counterclockwise in in the Northern Hemisphere, and clockwise in the Southern Hemisphere," it said in Sources 3 and

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