Thunderstorm

Weather: Tornadoes What are tornadoes, “the violently rotating winds of destruction”? A tornado is defined as a mobile, violently rotating column extending from a thunderstorm to the ground. The Damage that a tornado can cause depends on the wind speed and the size. The most Violent tornadoes are capable of tremendous destruction with wind speeds of two hundred and fifty miles per hour or more. Damage paths can be in excess of one mile wide and fifty miles long. In an average year, eight hundred…

Differences Between Natural and Manmade Hazards Hazards exist everywhere and all the time. Hazards come in many forms and sizes and affects people in different ways. The two categories of hazards are natural and manmade. Natural hazards occur everywhere but based on the geographic location, single or multiple hazards can occur at once. Natural hazards branches into three categories and they are atmospheric, hydrologic, and geologic. Manmade hazards or also known as technological hazards…

The wind speed for a lethal tornado is 40-300 miles per hour, if the winds are at 300 miles per hour I would seek shelter immediately. The twisting tornado come from energy released by a thunderstorm and also other facts as well. If the tornado is about approximately 40 miles per hour then it is probably a very feeble storm. The wind speed for a deadly hurricane is 74 miles per hour up to 150! Although, there are 7 categories for a hurricane…

A tropical storm given the name Matthew, terrorized the Caribbean and east coast of the USA. It started as a tropical wave that later developed into a tropical storm, becoming one of the deadliest hurricanes in recent memory. Causing thousands of deaths, injuries, billions of dollars in damages, and the impact on millions of people 's lives. The development of this storm, the damages caused, the short and long term effects, and the government 's response to the storm, is information the world…

buildings and people. Specifically, these cone-shaped spinning columns of air produce-winds that can reach 300 MPH. They can ravage homes, schools, and nearly anything else in their path. Tornadoes are unpredictable, even with instruments to track thunderstorms. Storm chasers accurately tracks the unpredictable twister. Additionally, tornadoes are feared by many. Tornadoes occur in Tornado Alley and Dixie Alley. In particular, about 40 scientists are spreading out to Dixie and Tornado Alley to…

Nature is at once worthy of awe and fear. Each day, natural forces impact people around the globe, usually in a relatively harmless way. However, natural events can quickly become disasters in the right conditions, as is the case with tornadoes and hurricanes. In the middle of the United States, “Tornado Alley” stretches roughly from Texas to upper South Dakota. This coincides with the Great Plains—an area of flat, open land that practically bisects the continental United States. Here,…

Why are storms so dangerous and damaging? There are many storms out there that are bad, like hurricanes, thunder storms and tornadoes. They all can be damage, hurricanes can flood a town in seconds. A thunderstorm can ruin electricity with the lighting, and tornadoes and destroy your home in seconds. Tornadoes can be the worst in many ways, with there strong winds, how big they are and how they can pop up so fast. The reason or part of the reason they can be so dangerous is because of the shape.…

hurricane lies in the right front/ northeast quadrant only if the storm is northbound (Guida). There are four developmental stages of a hurricane and each of them are differentiated by wind speed (Guida). The first is a tropical disturbance with thunderstorms, then a tropical depression with winds speeds between 23 and 39 mph, then a tropical storm with wind speeds…

Tornadoes are one of Mother Nature’s most violent of all atmospheric forms. A tornado is a column of vertically spinning air originating from a cumulonimbus cloud that can contact the ground and cause catastrophic damage. The deadliest tornado in U.S. history to date is called the Tri-state Tornado. It occurred in 1925, sweeping through three states for three and a half hours. It killed 689 people and injured 2,000. After many hours of research I have found several interesting facts about…

Wow! The winds are getting really powerful here in Florida. It looks like a ginormous tornado, but it's as large as a hurricane. I am afraid to say that we are experiencing a.....Hurrinado! Just alone these two weather storms can create a boat load of damage and result in many lives lost. Who knows what will happen if they both meet together? I sure don't want to stick around to find out, but in the meantime, I'm going to figure out the possibilities of how bad this storm could really be.…