Article Title: Tornadoes
28-02-2023
Geography Prelims Plus
Why is in news? US: Tornadoes swept across Oklahoma and Kansas leave more than a dozen people injured
A violently rotating column of air touching the ground, usually attached to the base of a thunderstorm.
Because wind is invisible, it is hard to see a tornado unless it forms a condensation funnel made up of water droplets, dust and debris.
Tornadoes are nature’s most violent storms.
Spawned from powerful thunderstorms, tornadoes can cause fatalities and devastate a neighbourhood in seconds.
Winds of a tornado may reach 300 miles per hour.
Tornadoes come in many shapes and sizes, and they are often visible in the form of a condensation funnel originating from the base of a cumulonimbus cloud, with a cloud of rotating debris and dust beneath it.
It is generally accompanied by extreme weather such as heavy downpours, hail storms, and lightning.
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