Tornadoes often lift some soil, but the usually do not do much to the ground except in the most extreme cases.
Tornadoes pick up dust and many other materials. The other materials that a tornado is capable of picking up include trees, power poles, the roofs off of houses, and entire mobile homes.
Yes. A strong tornado in the range of EF2 to EF5 can pick up a bus or even a train.
They pick it up from the ground
Air in a tornado moves upward rapidly, sometimes taking objects with it.
No. Though a very strong tornado might cause it to collapse.
"I'll pick you up later."
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Yes, though it would require a rather strong tornado, probably at least an EF3.
Yes, a very strong tornado can sweep it off its foundation and reduce it to rubble.
It depends on the intensity of tor tornado. The heaviest objects known to have been lifted by a tornado was a 90 ton oil tank. The intensity of the tornado that did this was likely well into the F5 range.
That is extremely difficult to estimate and would depend on the size and strength of the tornado and what there is to pick up. A large, violent tornado moving through a developed area might be carrying many thousands of small objects.
No. A skyscraper is far to heavy. However, an EF5 tornado may cause a skyscraper to collapse.