Yes tornados occur regularly in the UK. The difference is that fortunately they are weak. There is supposed to be more tornados in the UK than in the USA they just are not on anything like the same scale. I have not seen any tornados myself but I have seen the beginnings of a tornado in a funnel cloud - a sharp triangular cloud pointing to the ground. If these touch the ground then you have a tornado.
Yes. There have been a number of tornadoes in Maryland. Most notable among these was the F4 that struck the town of La Plata on April 28, 2002.
Yes. Buchanan, Missouri has been hit by a number of tornadoes since record keeping began in 1950.
Probably not. Although there is evidence that Venus gets thunderstorms, none has been found that it gets tornadoes.
Yes. Children and infants have been injured and killed by tornadoes. When a tornado strikes it does not discriminate.
No, tornadoes are not named. Unlike hurricanes tornadoes come and go too quickly to be named and there are far to many of them for there to be any semblance of an effective naming system.
No hurricanes or tornadoes have been recorded in Afghanistan.
High instances of tornadoes have been observed in Canada, Australia, India, Bangladesh, and, surprisingly, the UK.
Yes, There were 1282 documented tornadoes in the U.S. in 2010.
Tornadoes can occur anywhere in the world, except Antarctica. The UK has seen its share of tornadoes, although most have been under the F1 damage level. Tornadoes are less likely in England, but are still possible. The largest tornado in England was probably the London Tornado of 1091. The death toll was unknown.
Yes. Dozens, if not hundreds of tornadoes have been caught on camera. Much of this footage, especially of more recent tornadoes, can be found on YouTube.
The majority of UK tornadoes are not recorded. So most statistics on the number of recorded tornadoes in the UK are usually around 70. Most UK tornadoes happen in the countryside (so don't get noticed) and are very small (usually). It is common belief that more tornadoes happen in the UK than in the US (tornado ally included) - Although US tornadoes are way bigger and stronger than those in the UK and so more are likely to be noticed and therefore recorded. Tornadoes in the UK usually happen in the summer when the weather conditions are right.
Tornadoes in the UK are generally small, weak, and often obscured by rain.
Yes. Pensacola has been hit by tornadoes as strong as F3.
Yes. Tornadoes have struck Brisbane in 1973, 1989, and 1998.
Yes. Since record keeping began in 1950 there have been at least 1083 recorded tornadoes in Tennessee.
Yes, Hurricanes and tornadoes have both been known to hit Hawaii.
Yes. There have been many cases where tornadoes have hit schools and killed people at schools.