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4 days ago · A tornado is a violently rotating column of air that is in contact with both the surface of the Earth and a cumulonimbus cloud or, in rare cases, the base of a cumulus cloud.
1 day ago · North Central Illinois was just part of a larger system last night that hit significant portions of Iowa, Illinois and Indiana. Downed power lines contributed to power outages for more almost half-a-million people. Last night at about 8:00, radar spotted a rotation in a storm over Bureau and Putnam counties. That prompted a tornado warning.
3 days ago · tornado, a small-diameter column of violently rotating air developed within a convective cloud and in contact with the ground. Tornadoes occur most often in association with thunderstorms during the spring and summer in the mid-latitudes of both the Northern and Southern Hemispheres.
- A tornado is a relatively small-diameter column of violently rotating air developed within a convective cloud that is in contact with the ground, u...
- The lifetime of a tornado is directly related to its intensity. The strong, intense tornadoes tend to last longer. Most tornadoes are weak, lasting...
- Tornadoes are most common on continents in the midlatitudes (between 20 and 60 degrees north and south), where they are frequently associated with...
- In absolute numbers, the United States has the most tornadoes by far: more than 1,000 per year have been reported there every year since 1990. It a...
- Tornadoes can generate the strongest winds known on Earth: wind speeds in the range of 500 kilometres (300 miles) per hour have been measured in ex...
1 day ago · CHICAGO (AP) — Storms spawning multiple tornado reports blew through Iowa, Illinois — including Chicago — and Indiana on Monday, downing trees and power poles and cutting power to more than ...
5 days ago · Not one, not two, but three tornadoes touched down in western New York on Wednesday afternoon as the remnants of tropical cyclone Beryl created a string of strong storms that swept through the...
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4 days ago · On March 21-22, there were 108 tornadoes that impacted several states most focused across Texas, Oklahoma, Mississippi and Alabama. This large outbreak of tornadoes included an EF3 tornado that caused significant damage to homes, business, schools and infrastructure in Jacksboro, Texas.
5 days ago · The National Weather Services says the remnants of Hurricane Beryl spawned four tornadoes in Indiana, including an EF-3 twister with winds as high as 140 mph that tore through a small city in the state's southwestern corner.
