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Hurricanes produce very heavy rain.

Heavy rain and hail often accompany tornadoes, but the tornado itself does not produce precipitation.

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Are hurricanes and tornadoes both types of cyclones?

No. A hurricane is a type of cyclone, but a tornado is not. A cyclone is a large-scale weather system. A tornado is a small-scale circulation.


What causes more damage a tornado a hurricane or an earthquake?

A hurricane


Is a hurricane a water tornado?

No, a hurricane is not a tornado over water. A tornado and a hurricane are quite different. A hurricane is a large-scale self-sustaining storm pressure system, typically hundreds of miles wide. A tornado is a small-scale vortex dependent on a parent thunderstorm rarely over a mile wide. A tornado on water is called a waterspout.


What are the odds of getting killed in a hurricane then a tornado?

Zero. If you are killed in a hurricane, you are already dead, so you can't be killed by a tornado.


What will happen if a tornado and a hurricane combined?

A tornado and a hurricane cannot "combine" as they operate on different scales. It is fairly common for tornadoes to produce tornadoes.

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The pressure ina hurricane and in a tornado?

Both a hurricane and a tornado have centers of intense low pressure.


What is similar about the air pressure in a hurricane and a tornado?

Both produce intense low pressure.


How can hurricane chris become the deadliest tornado?

It can't. A hurricane can't become a tornado.


Which covers more hurricane or a tornado?

a hurricane


Is hurricane and tornado in a bottle the same thing?

If you mean a hurricane in a bottle then yes, a hurricane in a bottle and a tornado in a bottle are the same thing. In shape, however, the vortex bears more resemblance to a tornado than a hurricane.


Is there precipitation with a tornado?

yes


How much precipitation is produced in a considerable tornado?

Tornadoes do not produce precipitation. Tornadoes are usually often accompanied by precipitation, but the amount is not related to the strength of the tornado.


What kind of air pressure is in a tornado and hurricane?

Tornadoes and hurricanes both produce low pressure.


Can there be a tornado and a hurricane in the same state?

Yes. Hurricanes often produce tornadoes as they make landfall. Texas, Alabama, Mississippi, and Florida are among both the most tornado prone and the most hurricane prone states.


Is a tornado worse than a hurricane?

The winds in a tornado funnel are perhaps faster (and therefore more destructive) than a hurricane, but the diameter of a tornado is very very small compared with a hurricane.


Can a hurricane be shaped as a tornado?

No, a hurricane is a huge storm hundreds of miles wide. A tornado is tiny by comparison.


Who do you think will win tornado or hurricane?

a tornado because of when it hit it it keeps going but a hurricane will stop at land