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What causes more damage a tornado a hurricane or an earthquake?
A hurricane
Is a hurricane a water tornado?
No, a hurricane is not a tornado over water. A tornado and a hurricane are quite different. A hurricane is a large-scale self-sustaining storm pressure system, typically hundreds of miles wide. A tornado is a small-scale vortex dependent on a parent thunderstorm rarely over a mile wide. A tornado on water is called a waterspout.
What are the odds of getting killed in a hurricane then a tornado?
Zero. If you are killed in a hurricane, you are already dead, so you can't be killed by a tornado.
What will happen if a tornado and a hurricane combined?
A tornado and a hurricane cannot "combine" as they operate on different scales. It is fairly common for tornadoes to produce tornadoes.
Why shouldn't a flag be flown in a tornado or hurricane?
The extreme winds in a tornado or hurricane can easily destroy the flag and possibly bring down the flagpole,
How can hurricane chris become the deadliest tornado?
It can't. A hurricane can't become a tornado.
Was Missouri hit by hurricane ike?
Missouri was affected by the remnants of Hurricane Ike. Missouri can get hurricane remnants, but not actual hurricanes.
Which covers more hurricane or a tornado?
a hurricane
What is more expensive a tornado or a hurricane?
It depends on the individual event. In some cases both a tornado and a hurricane can cause minal damage, and the worst tornadoes have cost more than many hurricanes. That said, overall, hurricanes egenerally cost more as they impact a larger area. The highest cost of damage for a hurricane (inflation ajusted to 2013 dollars) was $128 billion from Hurricane Katrina while the highest cost of damage froma tornado was $2.9 billion from the Joplin, Missouri tornado.
What is a Missouri tornado?
A Missouri tornado is a tornado that occurs in the U.S. state of Missouri. If you want an example, there is the tornado that hit the city of Joplin, Missouri on May 22, 2011 killing 158 people. It was the seventh deadliest tornado in U.S. history.
The pressure ina hurricane and in a tornado?
Both a hurricane and a tornado have centers of intense low pressure.
Is hurricane and tornado in a bottle the same thing?
If you mean a hurricane in a bottle then yes, a hurricane in a bottle and a tornado in a bottle are the same thing. In shape, however, the vortex bears more resemblance to a tornado than a hurricane.
Is a tornado worse than a hurricane?
The winds in a tornado funnel are perhaps faster (and therefore more destructive) than a hurricane, but the diameter of a tornado is very very small compared with a hurricane.
Is Missouri in tornado alley?
Western Missouri is generally considered to be in Tornado Alley.
Can a hurricane be shaped as a tornado?
No, a hurricane is a huge storm hundreds of miles wide. A tornado is tiny by comparison.
Who do you think will win tornado or hurricane?
a tornado because of when it hit it it keeps going but a hurricane will stop at land
What is the duration of Hurricane Ivan tornado outbreak?
The duration of Hurricane Ivan tornado outbreak is 48 hours.
