Have you ever wondered whether hurricanes or tornadoes are worse? Which one is more dangerous? Does one of them have stronger winds than the other? Using sources, answers have been found to all of these questions and more. There are several points on both sides of the argument that could make it difficult to make a decision about which is worse, but it will be clear by the end.
To start the argument, we will begin with tornadoes. Tornadoes are generally located in the central part of the U.S. but can also touch the ground in other countries. According to Source 2, Central U.S.A. is mainly flat, allowing about 1,300 tornadoes hit this area of the U.S. per year and, because of this, about 500 million dollars is used to repair damage.
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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.
However, even though there are so many differences, these 2 also have similarities. Both involve high speed winds that can topple houses and destroy cars. In the state of Texas, the air and water allow this state to frequently have hurricanes and tornadoes. When these natural disasters happen, they almost always bring rain, if not a storm, with them. With us being in the northern hemisphere, both hurricanes and tornadoes rotate counterclockwise. Both give you lots of time to prepare. So, even though there are more differences, these are some of the
The Tri-State Tornado affected Missouri, Indiana, and Illinois greatly through the 219 miles of damage. People in 1925 were unprepared due to the lack of technology in 1925. 75 years ago the tornado surprised people because they had no warning. In fact, the 1974 Oklahoma tornado outbreak, with 45 tornadoes in total, did not kill as many people as the Tri-State tornado. The difference in years is 49, that proves that the technology in 1974 was significant compared to the lack of technology in 1925. They were much more prepared for the tornados that occurred. If the tornado occurred today, the tornado would kill less people because the weather channels could see the tornado was approaching. The the wind speed of the tornado was 318 mph at it's
Because hurricanes strike in topical place . Keep in mind that Tornado do strike and leave damage behind. Do you know what hurricanes and tornadoes have in common? They both can destroy lots of building. Have you ever been in a tornado? Have you seen the damage they can do?
Tornadoes are one really deadly disaster but also fascinating, they are also really dangerous. One fascinating tornado is the Tri-State which happened in 1925. This tornado is interesting to learn and know about. It was very unpredictable like many other tornados. It was one of the most deadliest tornadoes recorded.
During the four days of April 25th through 28th, more than 200 tornadoes transpired in five states- Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee, Georgia, and Virginia. Storm damages of this period were around $11 billion, making it a record breaking for the most damaging outbreak to ever hit the United
Tornadoes are devastating atmospheric events that affect the ecology and the lives of people in their paths. Tornadoes are defined as “a violently rotating column of air, in contact with the ground, either pendant from a cumuliform cloud or underneath a cumuliform cloud, and often (but not always) visible as a funnel cloud” (Glossary of Meterology, 2011). The Tri-state tornado was the most deadly tornado in the United States. It stayed on the ground for a total of 219 miles through areas of Missouri, Illinois, and Indiana, killed a total of 695 people, and an estimated $16.5 million in damages (National Weather Service, 2011). Luckily, the tornado’s path was largely rural farmland with scattered small towns between them. <Add thesis>
does some harm. These places don’t really put a lot of effort into helping protect against these tornadoes
Despite the differences, hurricanes and tornadoes have some similarities. For instance, whether you’re in a hurricane or a tornado, everyone should stay indoors with no open entrances. Also, hurricanes and tornadoes both have low air pressure, despite the havoc that their whirling winds can inflict. Likewise, tornadoes and hurricanes both move in a circular rotation, creating a spiral-like air system. Furthermore, tornadoes and
Tornadoes have not gotten dangerous over time, after having a big dot in the middle of the U.S. Population has
Hurricanes and tornadoes are both severe weather events that can potentially cause a great deal of damage to property. Both of these storms can threaten human life and in severe events with either a hurricane of a tornado there may well be a loss of life. They may be quite different in how they form and what they actually do but on the other hand those storms are both potentially devastating so they fall into the same category of potential severe weather danger. People who live in areas where hurricanes and tornadoes are known to appear during certain seasons of the year are always urged to be alert to weather warning systems. Those same residents know from experience to keep their radios tuned to weather emergency stations and they are in many cases prepared for the brunt of a storm by building basement shelters.
Hurricanes and tornados have kind of a lot of in common. They both love to destroy stuff and they both cost a ton of money to repair the damage. It's kind of lame but they both whirl, twirl, and spin. They both go really fast and there really enormous. Texas is not a good place to be them both hit the state.
Some tornadoes are very small and last for only a minute or so, while others can be a mile wider or larger staying on the ground for over an hour (NOAA, 2014). Tornadoes occur in many parts of the world, mainly USA, Australia, Europe, Africa, Asia, and South America. Even New Zealand experiences around 20 tornadoes each year. Two of the highest concentrations of tornadoes outside the U.S. are Argentina and Bangladesh (NOAA, 2014). The single F2 tornado that cut a narrow path across Atlanta in March 2008, for example, causing an estimated $340m of damage in less than 20 minutes (Maynard et al., 2013). After that tornadoes in United States resulted in the greatest loss of life since the 1920s. In many ways, the tornadoes of 2011 most resemble what happened in 1953. Unlike 1965 and 1974, there was not one day or even one outbreak that caused such a large percentage of the damage. Two outbreaks stand out, late April in the southeast most notably Alabama on April 27 where one tornado remained on the ground from Tuscaloosa to the suburbs
Some similarities are that tornadoes and hurricanes both rotate clockwise in the southern hemisphere and counterclockwise in the northern hemisphere. Some of the differences between them is that there lifespan is different. Hurricanes can last for several days while tornadoes last for several minutes but no more than an hour. The sizes are also different. The shape is different, hurricanes are more symmetrical but tornadoes are cone shaped. Their winds are different speeds. The occurrences are different and where they start. The final difference is the warning before tornadoes or hurricanes occur. Hurricanes warnings start from weeks or days while tornado warnings are from an hour to several minutes. Tornadoes and hurricanes are terrible storms that are very dangerous and
This is a comparison of how different and how are tornadoes and hurricanes the same. So, the first thing that's different about them i have is you have a lot of time to tell when a monstrous hurricane is coming but with a tornado it is like magic you don't get a couple days like you would a tornado a tornado just appears.
The damage from tornadoes comes from the strong winds they contain. It is generally believed that tornado wind speeds can be as high as three hundred miles per hour in most violent tornadoes. Wind speeds that high can cause automobiles to become airborne, rip ordinary homes to shreds, and turn broken glass and other debris into lethal missiles. The biggest threat to living creatures, including humans, from tornadoes is from flying debris and from being tossed about in the wind. It used to be believed that the low pressure in a tornado contributed to the damage by making buildings "explode" but this is no longer believed to be true.
Although tornados have been recorded in every continent except for Antarctica most are found in central United States better known as “tornado alley” a stretch of land from the western part of Texas to North Dakota. On average, there are two thousand tornadoes annually, but two out of three of those tornadoes happen in the United States. The states with the most tornados on average are Texas, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Florida. Tornadoes form in the central part of the United States most commonly because of the reoccurring atmospheric instability from the dry polar air that meets the warm moist air from the Gulf of Mexico. (Prepare for a Tornado,” 2017) A storm capable of producing a tornado can occur at any time but most often they occur in the spring and summer, June and May have the highest number of tornados recorded. Tornadoes can happen at any time of the day but most often occur between the