Topography Of A Tornado Research Paper

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Imagine you’re listening to your radio late at night, when you hear an unsettling beep. It’s a tornado warning! You scramble to tell your family and get them to safety, terrified by the events to come. In case you didn’t know, tornadoes are caused by moist, warm air and dry, cold air clashing and creating an instability in the atmosphere. Tornadoes impact the topography of the land, the economy, and human life in many ways.

One way topography is impacted by a tornado is the demolishment and ruin it causes in nature. For example, an intense tornado can tear up trees from the ground, which could leave to even more destruction. Also, tornadoes can erode the ground, making it weak and unstable. Lastly, tornadoes can pollute waters by coating

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