Yes, they can be. In a typical year a few dozen people are usually killed by tornadoes. This year the death toll is in the hundreds.
Injuries can range from minor scrapes and bruises to instantly fatal injuries. In very violent tornadoes people have been torn apart and rendered unrecognizable.
People can die in tornadoes from traumatic injuries caused by flying debris, structural collapses, or being thrown by the force of the wind. Additionally, the impact of a tornado can lead to drowning if people are caught in floodwaters. Injuries sustained during tornadoes can range from minor to fatal, depending on the severity of the storm and the level of preparedness and shelter available.
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The main reason is that most tornadoes are not strong enough to destroy residences, and even strong tornadoes usually only produce their worst damage over a small portion of the track. In areas where the damage is less severe conditions are unlikely to be fatal. In modern times people usually recieve a warning, especially for major tornadoes, and get to a safe place. An adequately built house with a basement will protect you from all but the strongest 1% of tornadoes. Additionally, few tornadoes impact major population centers. Most tornadoes either stay in rural areas or only affect small towns, so there is not much of an opportunity for them to kill. Several tornadoes on record would likely have resulted in extremely high death tolls had they hit major population centers.
Tornadoes in the U.S. are called tornadoes.
Tornadoes are sometimes divided into "weak" tornadoes "strong" and "violent" tornadoes. Weak tornadoes are those rated EF0 and EF1. Most tornadoes are weak. Strong tornadoes are those rated EF2 and EF3. Violent tornadoes are those rated EF4 and EF5. They are the rarest of tornadoes, only about 1% of tornadoes are this strong.
It depends on what you mean by extreme. Tornadoes of EF4 and EF5 tornadoes, however are often referred to as violent tornadoes. These account for about 1% of all tornadoes.
Tornadoes don't get named, Hurricanes do, but Tornadoes don't.
Florida frequently has tornadoes, though several states have more tornadoes annually.
No. Tornadoes are dangerous.
Yes, some strong tornadoes create brief satellite tornadoes that circle the main funnel.
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