Destructive Tornado Hits China, Know How It Caused?
By Anshika Verma29, Apr 2024 02:30 PMjagranjosh.com
Tornado in China
The latest round of extreme weather, China saw a tornado strike the city of Guangzhou over the weekend, resulting in at least five fatalities and 33 injuries, according to state media. Tap to read unknown facts about tornadoes!
What is a tornado?
A tornado is described as a spinning, funnel-shaped cloud with wind gusts up to 300 mph that stretches from a thunderstorm to the ground.
How do tornadoes occur?
When a warm front and a cold front merge to form a thunderstorm, which can subsequently produce one or more ‘twisters,’ tornadoes can result.
Is a tornado transparent?
Before dust and debris are gathered up or a cloud formed within the funnel, a tornado may appear almost translucent.
Damages occurred by tornadoes
Tornadoes can leave behind damage pathways that are more than a mile wide and fifty miles long.
1,000 tornadoes
In the United States, there are an estimated 1,000 tornadoes annually, according to the Insurance Information Institute.
Thunderstorms can cause tornado outbreaks
When the storm patterns are ideal for producing a single tornado, they frequently produce many tornadoes simultaneously.
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