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Are tornadoes a type of wind energy?

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13y ago
Updated: 8/20/2019

Yes. Tornadoes are violent windstorms and their energy is in their wind. However, this energy cannot be harnessed because tornadoes are too difficult to predict and would likely damage or destroy any wind turbines.

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