Tornadoes Research Paper

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Our planet Earth is filled with such wonderful phenomenons, and there are so many as-pects to it and different elements that make it unique. Natural disasters are a component of Earth to be able to habituate to the climate changes and to make shifts predicated on population and what us as humans do to the Earth 's soil. Taking an optical look of some of the most hazardous natural disasters and the commonality of them is inordinately fascinating. Tornadoes, according to multiple sources can cause more damage in seconds than almost anything else. In the United States, a place considered “Tornado Alley” that is located in the most severe parts of Texas through Oklahoma has about 500 tornadoes that take place in this area every year, so tornadoes are not as rare as tsunamis, earthquakes and etc. “With wind speeds of more than 300 mph (483 km/h), tornadoes are one of the most destructive natural forces on Earth.” (Castro, How do Tor-nadoes Form?) The way tornadoes form is a frightening thought …show more content…
The worst part about tornadoes is that they can be so capricious because the wind speeds can transmute out of nowhere and meteorolo-gists are still trying to come up with technology that will be able to predict how powerful it will be when it hits the ground. Tornadoes can have several effects on cities depending how sever the tornado actually is. A good example on how powerful the effects of tornadoes can be is by taking an optical look of one of the worst tornadoes in the United States history. On March 18, 1925, a tornado that started around 1 pm in Missouri took everyone by surprise because no one was expecting this big of a storm to hit and meteorologists did not even see it coming. This tornado soon became known as the “Tri-State Tornado” because it started in Missouri travelled to Illinois, then finally stopped in

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