Similarities between tornadoes and hurricanes:
Differences between tornadoes and hurricanes:
Cyclone- An atmospheric system characterized by the rapid inward circulation of air masses about a low-pressure center, usually accompanied by stormy or rainy weather. Cyclones circulate counterclockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and clockwise in the Southern Hemisphere
Tornado- A rotating column of air ranging in width from a few yards to more than a mile and whirling at destructively high speeds, usually accompanied by a funnel-shaped downward extension of a cumulonimbus cloud
Both are types of storm that can produce damaging winds and are fueled by warm, moist air, though tornadoes indirectly so. A tornado is a product of a thunderstorm.
A thunderstorm is a virtually any rain shower that produces thunder and lightning. So while a thunderstorm can produce damaging winds, most do not.
A tornado is a violently rotating column of air extending from the base of a thunderstorm to the ground. So by definition tornado must spin and be capable of producing damage. A tornado cannot occur on its own. Unlike thunderstorms, which can be self-sustaining, tornadoes need a parent storm to keep going. Tornadoes are also much smaller than thunderstorms, and are usually no more than a few hundred yards wide.
Both a tornado and a blizzard are dangerous storms with powerful winds.
A cyclone is more like a hurricane. In fact a hurricane is a type of cyclone.
No, Streator, Illinois was hit by a tornado, which is different from a cyclone.
No. A hurricane is a type of cyclone, but a tornado is not. A cyclone is a large-scale weather system. A tornado is a small-scale circulation.
Neither. A cyclone is a broad scale low pressure system with cyclonically spiraling winds. A hurricane is one variety of cyclone, but not all cyclones are hurricanes. A tornado is an entirely different type of weather phenomenon.
No country really calls a cyclone a tornado. Some parts of the U.S. a tornado a cyclone, though a tornado and a cyclone are two different things. In the U.S. however a strong tropical cyclone is called a hurricane.
Both a tornado and a blizzard are dangerous storms with powerful winds.
A tornado in Kansas.
No. Cyclones and tornadoes are completely different phenomena.
a tornado, typhoon, cyclone, twister, and hurricane are pretty much the same.
This most closely describes a tornado, though a tornado technically is not a cyclone.
A tornado is also commonly known as a cyclone.
No. A cyclone is a different kind of weather event.
A tornado in the southern hemisphere is still called a tornado.
No. While a tornado and a cyclone have a number of things in common, they are two different things. A tornado is a small-scale circulation that is dependent on a parent storm cell. A cyclone is a large-scale circulation that is its own independent weather system.
A cyclone is more like a hurricane. In fact a hurricane is a type of cyclone.
There is no such thing as a "cyclone 5 tornado." You can have a category 5 hurricane or an EF5 tornado. In either case, the answer would be no; there is too much turbulence.