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Not necessarily. Officially, winds for an EF0 tornado start at 65 mph, and some tornadoes in recent years have been rated with winds as low as 55 mph. This is still sufficient damage trees and some weak structures.

By definition, a hurricane must have sustained winds of at least 74 mph.

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