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Bookmark or Share- Tornadoes - Tornado Facts, Pictures and Articles | Live ScienceTornadoes are the most powerful, unpredictable and destructive weather systems on Earth. The National Weather Service (NWS) defines a Tornado as a violently rotating column of air in contact with ...
- 'You certainly don't see this every day': Ultra-rare backward-spinning ...According to the NWS, nearly all tornadoes in the Northern Hemisphere have winds that whip counterclockwise around a central point; this motion is known as "cyclonic."But in about 1% of cases ...
- Why Oklahoma's Deadly Twister Was Widest Ever - Live ScienceThe fatal tornado that struck near El Reno, Okla., last Friday (May 31) has been upgraded to an EF5 strength and was a width of 2.6 miles, the widest ever. Here's what allowed it to get so big.
- Deadliest Tornado Years in U.S. History - Live ScienceTornado damage in Mattoon, Ill., from a tornado outbreak in 1917. (Image credit: NOAA.) An eight-day tornado outbreak from May to June claimed at least 382 lives across the Midwest and the Southeast.
- Tornado Alley Map, Stats (Infographic) - Live ScienceMore than a thousand tornadoes strike the U.S. annually. In terms of absolute tornado counts, the United States leads the list globally, with an average of more than 1,000 tornadoes recorded each ...
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