There are saferooms, more often called storm shelters. These are reinforced or underground rooms that are designed to keep people safe during a tornado. Ideally, one should be able to withstand an EF4 and perhaps an EF5 tornado.
Yes. Twister is just an informal word for tornado.
This is an accident prone area.
Yes. The word 'tornado' is originally Spanish.
Usually the term waterspout refers to a tornado on a body of water.
The word tornado has three syllables.
Tornado.
The first documented use of the word "tornado" was in 1556.
The vocabulary word that describes a tornado is "whirlwind" or "twister."
The first known use of the word "tornado" was in 1556.
I would delete "had". In fact, I would rewrite the sentence as "Area schools were closed due to the recent tornado."
The word "tornado" is believed to have originated from the Spanish word "tornar," meaning "to turn" or "to twist." This was then adapted into "tornada" and eventually evolved into "tornado" in English.
The children cower in the corner after being disciplined. To survive the tornado and remain safe, the family chose to cower in a corner of their basement.