By tearing off leaves and branches. Maybe uprooting the whole tree. By hurling other flying debris into the tree.
No. Tornadoes do not damage the atmosphere.
Tornadoes are a problem because they can cause significant property damage. Even weak tornadoes can damage roofs, topple trees into buildings and vehicles, and cause power outages. Very strong tornadoes can completely destroy homes, businesses, and even entire neighborhoods, often resulting in multiple deaths.
F0 tornadoes generally cause little to no damage. If there is no damage, it is very difficult to verify unless a reliable witness saw the tornado on the ground. When damage occurs in an unpopulated area, it is often limited to vegetation, and a few downed trees in the middle of nowhere are probably not going to attract any attention. Many of these tornadoes are too weak to be detected by radar.
Damage
Most tornadoes leave a trail of mild to moderate damage, including some trees snapped or uprooted, missing sections of rooftops, and overturned trailers. However, about 1% of tornadoes (those rated EF4 and EF5) are strong enough to destroy nearly everything they hit. In some cases a large section of an entire down can be reduced to rubble.
Tornadoes damage and destroy property by blowing it apart with extreme winds, striking it with debris, and toppling trees.
Secondary succession follows tornadoes, if there is any succession. Tornadoes can bring down many trees and damage vegetation, but they generally leave the soil intact.
Both tornadoes and hurricanes can cause severe wind damage. These include uprooted and snapped trees, destroyed trailers, and roofs removed from houses. Aside from this damage is very different as the damage from tornadoes is often more severe on a localized than that of hurricanes. Most hurricane damage is the result of flooding rather than wind.
Tornadoes very frequently bring down trees. In some cases large sections of forest may be leveled.
The most common sorts of damage include downed trees, damaged roofs, and collapsed sheds and garages. Only a small percent of tornadoes cause catastrophic damage.
No. Tornadoes do not damage the atmosphere.
F0 tornadoes cause relatively light damage as far as tornadoes go. Typical F0 damage includes peeled shingles ans siding, downed gutters and awnings, broken tree limbs, and perhaps some uprooted trees.
Tornadoes are a problem because they can cause significant property damage. Even weak tornadoes can damage roofs, topple trees into buildings and vehicles, and cause power outages. Very strong tornadoes can completely destroy homes, businesses, and even entire neighborhoods, often resulting in multiple deaths.
The effects of tornadoes are most noticeable where they hit trees man-made structures. Parts of communities can be damage or destroyed, and large areas of trees may be destroyed. Forests may take decades to recover.
Tornadoes can damage or destroy property sometimes on a massive scale, and can cause numerous injuries and fatalities. Even weak tornadoes can lead to power outages and block roads with fallen trees.
Tornadoes can bring down trees, with intense ones sometimes leveling sections of forest. They can also severely damage developed areas, with th very worst tornadoes leveling entire neighborhoods.
It depends on how strong the tornado is. At the low end (EF0 and EF1) tornadoes damage roofs, break windows, and knock down small trees. In the mid range (EF2 and EF3) tornadoes demolish trailers, uproot and snap large trees, and tear roofs and walls from most buildings . At the high end (EF4 and EF5) trees are stripped of bark, strong buildings are leveled or blown away, and asphalt is peeled from roads.