It varies widley depending on the intensity of the tornado and where it hits. Some tornadoes stay in open fields anc cause no damage. Weak tornadoes in developed areas may blow down fences and cause some roof damage, with costs totaling in the thousands to tens of thousands of dollars. In the worst cases, large, violent tornadoes strike large population centers. When this happens, thousands of homes may be destroyed, with whole neighborhoods leveled. Damage can total in the hundreds of millions to over a billion dollars. In at least once instance, a subdivision in one small town was completely swept away, with nothing left but mud and concrete foundations.
The Joplin tornado caused about $2.8 billion worth of damage to the city of Joplin.
The largest tornado even recorded caused about $160 million dollars in damage, but keep in mind this wasn't the most damaging tornado or the strongest. The tornado with the strongest recorded winds caused $1 billion in damage (about $1.3 billion in today's dollars). The most damaging tornado recorded caused the equivalent of $1.7 billion in today's dollars.
Most damage in a tornado is caused by the extremely fast winds.
"Light damage" is the term used to describe the damage caused by an F0 tornado.
The Moore, Oklahoma tornado of 1999 caused $1 billion worth of damage. This works out to $1.4 billion in 2014 amounts.
The greatest amount of damage in a tornado is caused by extremely strong winds. Additional damage is from flying debris.
Alot..people lose their houses....and even die!
The F5 on that day caused about $1 billion in damage. The overall outbreak of 74 tornadoes caused about $1.5 billion.
The most famous tornado today is most likely the Oklahoma City tornado of May 3, 1999. That tornado caused approximately $1 billion in damage.
Tornado damaged is caused by a tornado's powerful winds and objects carried y those winds.
The size of a tornado, or its width is determined by how wide the area of damage is. The rating of a tornado, which is not dependent on size (though there is some correlation) is based on the severity of the damage caused.
Most of the damage caused by tornadoes is the result of extremely powerful winds.