Compare And Contrast Tornadoes And Hurricanes

hurricanes. They form out in the ocean near the coast of Africa. Through the hurricanes journey,

Introduction: Tornadoes are the most violent storms that usually form in thunderstorms. A tornado is a rotating, funnel shaped cloud that extends from a thunderstorm to the ground. Did you know that tornado winds can get up to 300 miles per hour? If you didn’t, you are in for a treat.

Tornados are one of the most destructive and devastating natural forces on Earth. When a tornado is fully created, wind speeds can reach up to more than 300 mph (483 km/h). Most tornadoes that occur are between the Appalachians and Rocky Mountains, but tornados can happen where ever the conditions are right. 90% of tornadoes that happen in the United States, happens in the Central United States. Even though scientist have not yet understood how tornadoes are formed, they’ve developed a theory that consist of the process and conditions of which a tornado must have to form.

Hurricanes form over the equator in warm ocean waters. First in a hurricane the winds start to pick up wind on the average reach about 39-73 mile per hour,th but in the great Galveston the winds reached 145 miles per hour the power of the wind can take down trees, houses and building. it rains very hard it is not uncommon during a hurricane to get 5-10 inches of rain. It’s also very common to get floods from the storm surge that averages 25-28 feet above sea level. Even though it is very rare tornadoes

Meanwhile tornadoes are dramatically different from hurricanes. Hurricanes form over vast stretches of water, and the warmer the water the more the potentially deadly the hurricane will be. The Galveston Hurricane of 1900 ""¦was responsible for at least 8000 deaths" (Blake, et al, 2011). Hurricanes develop in tropical oceans and move westward in the direction of the southern and eastern United States. Tornadoes also affected by the jet stream form over land, not over water, and although they can be up to a mile wide, they are generally a quarter of a mile wide. Hurricanes are sometimes several hundred miles wide which makes them a far

The warm sun is hitting your body. You can feel the squishy sand between your toes, and the waves are coming ashore. It is going to be a great day, right? Tsunamis and hurricanes are natural phenomena that cause mass destruction in an instant. Tsunamis are giant waves caused by earthquakes in the ocean; whereas, hurricanes are large funnels of water and debris originating from the ocean. Tsunamis and hurricanes start in the ocean, and both cause mass destruction when they hit land, but they are still two completely different storms.

According to Brain Dunbar, from Nasa, a hurricane is large swirling storm that produces winds of 74 mph or higher. That is much faster than the world’s fastest animal on land, a cheetah, which speeds range from 68-75 mph. Hurricanes are powerful rotating tropical storms which an average diameter of 100 miles. A hurricane is made up of an eye, the center of the storm, which

Hurricanes Harvey and Irma could have a major negative impact on both Texas and Florida's economies and the United States' overall economy.

Tornadoes and hurricanes are very destructive. Tornadoes are spinning columns of air that form from the the sky to the ground. Hurricanes are the most powerful storms on Earth. Hurricanes are tropical storms that travel across the Atlantic Ocean. Hurricanes happen when winds exceed to 75 miles per hour. Tornadoes have winds that can get to the speed of up to 200-300 miles per hour. There is a level 5 hurricane which means that the winds exceed up to 150 miles per hour.

Do you think hurricanes are nothing compared to tornadoes? The Hurricane of 1938 was a catastrophic disaster that New England was not prepared for. The New Englanders were just going about business as usual and once the storm hit without warning, no one was prepared. The hurricane caused very high waves, destruction of property, and flooding.

Google defines hurricane as a storm with violent winds. Hurricanes are huge storms that form over the ocean that have the potential to destroy whole cities. Hurricane Katrina (2005) and Hurricane Harvey (2017) are two infamous storms that will make American history. Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Harvey were alike and different in many different ways including location, duration, power, speed etc.

Tornadoes form on land while hurricanes form on the ocean. Hurricanes can be a few hundred miles wide while tornadoes are a few hundred feet to 2 miles at most. That makes the area hit much larger for a hurricane, therefore, causing 15 billion dollars in damage for about 5 for them when there are 1,300 tornadoes only costing the U.S. roughly 500 million dollars. The larger of the 2 has an eye that can be 15 miles from one side to the other while tornadoes, the smaller of the 2, doesn't. The lesser of the 2 can go 300 miles per hour while hurricanes can't push 30 miles an hour, obviously meaning they travel much slower.

The wind speeds of a tornado and a hurricane are uncommonly different. Such as, the wind speeds of a tornado can be anywhere between 40mph to +318mph! On the contrary, the wind speeds of a hurricane can be anywhere between 74mph to +155mph! The hurricane`s scale is category one through category five. Category one is 74mph to 95mph, category two is 96mph to 110mph, category three is 111mph to 130mph, category four is 131mph to 155mph, and category five is >155mph. Wow! that’s fast!

     A tornado is a violent rotating column of air extending from a thunderstorm to the ground. The most violent tornadoes can produce massive destruction with wind speeds of 250 miles per hour or more. The typical tornado moves from southwest to northeast, but they have been known to move in any direction. The average forward speed of a tornado is 30 miles per hour but it may vary from stationary to 70 miles per hour. Although tornadoes occur in many parts of the world, they are found most frequently in the United States east of the Rocky Mountains during the spring and summer months. In an average year, 800 tornadoes are reported nationwide, resulting in 80 deaths and over 1,500 injuries.

Tornados and hurricanes are often thought of as very similar, even at times identical. Both are destructive and can kill people, yet at the same time there must be a difference, because why would they be called different things if they were the same? Well, although both hurricanes and tornados have many things in common, some may be surprised to know how different they can be.