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The worst degree of damage that a tornado can cause is EF5 damage. In such cases well-built houses are wipec clean off their foundations and blown away. Even larger structures such as churches and small apartment buildings may be swept away. Steel reinforced structures may be completely destroyed. Fortunately, such damage only occurs along a realtively small portion of a tornado's track, which the exception of one tornado which carved an EF5 damage swath half a mile wide.
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What kind of damage does tornadoes cause to animals and humans?
it could kill them/you/we :) is this good enough?? it could also break any limbs. or just a scratch
What kind of scale do people use to measure a tornado?
The Enhanced Fujita scale (EF0 to EF5) is used to rate tornadoes based on the severity of the damage they cause.
What happens when a tornado hits an area?
The effecst depend on the size and strength of the tornado and on where it hits. In many cases some kind of damage will occur to vegetation and/or property. In most cases the damage will be notable but not particularly severe. People may be killed in such situations, but deaths are rare. Stronger tornadoes can very badly damage or destroy man-made structures and can tear apart large numbers of trees. These tornadoes result in fatalities more frequently. In the worst cases everything in a localized area may be completely destroyed. Such tornadoes often result in multiple deaths. Where a tornado occurs is also crucial. Some tornadoes move through sparsely populated countryside, hitting little or nothing and so causing fairly little damage if any. Some tornadoes hit communities, sometimes even major cities. Weak tornado still usually do not cause large amounts of damage, but when this happens with violent tornadoes the effects can be devastating. In the worst cases whole neigborhoods can be destroyed and dozens killed.
What was the damage of U-boats?
Torpedoes did the damage; under-water damage, the worst kind of damage for anything floating on water.
What is an Incendiary bomb and what kind of damage it cause?
what is an Incendiary bomb and what damage does it cause
What kind of storms can cause tornadoes?
Tornadoes are caused by thunderstorms, typically by supercells. Howevere squall lines and multicell storms can sometimes produce tornadoes as well.
What kind of destruction does a tornado cause?
they cause this kind of destructionEF0 minor to no damageEF1 moderate damageEF2 considerable damageEF3 severe damageEF4 devastating damageEF5 incredible damage
Which kind of storm do you think would cause damage over a large area a cyclone or a tornado?
A cyclone. Cyclones cover areas hundred of miles wide. Tornadoes more than a mile wide are rare.
What is the worst kind of damage that a tornado can cause?
The worst type of damage a tornado can cause is EF5 damage. An EF5 tornado completely annihilates even the strongest homes, wiping them clean off their foundations. The few trees that remain standing are stripped of their bark with only stubs of the largest branches remaining. Asphalt is torn from roads. Reinforced concrete structures are heavily damaged. Cars are thrown great distances and left as pieces of twisted metal.
How deadly is a tornado?
It varies. Most tornadoes don't kill anyone. Among those that do kill, the average death toll is 2 or 3. Occasionally a single tornado may kill dozens of people. For a few tornadoes the death toll has gone well into the hundreds.
What kind of natural disaster causes more damage for the storm surges it creates than form the high speed winds commonly associated with it?
Hurricanes produce damage mainly through the storm surge with wind as only a secondary contributor. Tornadoes produce damage entirely through winds and the debris they carry. Tornadoes to not produce a storm surge.
What kind of damage does a drought cause?
a drought can cause crop failure and death to people and animals
