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Which kind of storm do you think would cause damage over a large area a cyclone or a tornado?
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A cyclone. Cyclones cover areas hundred of miles wide. Tornadoes more than a mile wide are rare.
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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.
Which kind of storm do you think would cause damage over a larger area a cyclone or a tornado?
A cyclone. Cyclones are large scale weather systems that cover very large areas hundreds of miles across. By contrast tornadoes are much smaller, rarely over a mile wide and are much shorter lived
What would happen if a cyclone and a tornado collide?
A tornado and a cyclone cannot collide as they work on entirely different orders of magnitude. A cyclone is is its own large-scale self-sustaining weather system. A tornado is a small-scale vortex that is part of a parent thunderstorm, which is itself usually part of a larger storm system. Most tornadoes form from storms that develop along the fronts connected to a mid-latitude cyclone, and some are produced in theouter storm bands of tropical cyclones. When two cyclones collide, they merge into one.
Do tornadoes do more damage than hurricanes?
They often do as they cover a larger area and often cause flooding in addition to wind damage. The costliest tornado in U.S. history, the Joplin tornado of 2011, cost $2.8 billion. The costliest hurricane in U.S. history, Hurricane Katrina, cost $105 billion.
What natural disasters can a tornado cause?
A tornado is itself a natural disaster and is generally a result of other phenomena rather than a cause. Some large tornadoes have been known to spawn a second, smaller tornado called a satellite tornado nearby.
What is more damaging cyclone or tornado?
That depends. A cyclone can be almost any large-scale, organized low-pressure system, and so is not necessarily damaging. However, a cyclone has more destructive potential, as it covers a much larger area than even the largest tornadoes. A tornado cannot cause as much damage in terms of quantity, but the damage that does occur is often far more severe.
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.
Is a cyclone a tornado?
No. While a tornado and a cyclone have a number of things in common, they are two different things. A tornado is a small-scale circulation that is dependent on a parent storm cell. A cyclone is a large-scale circulation that is its own independent weather system.
Which kind of storm do you think would cause damage over a larger area a cyclone or a tornado?
A cyclone. Cyclones are large scale weather systems that cover very large areas hundreds of miles across. By contrast tornadoes are much smaller, rarely over a mile wide and are much shorter lived
How does the size and strength of a tornado relate to the amount of destruction it cause?
Generally the stronger the tornado, the more severe the damage it causes. A large tornado can affect a larger area than a small tornado and therefore cause a greater quantity of damage, though it is not necessarily more severe.
What does more damage?
tornados can cause the fastes damage , if i had to list them i would say 1. TORNADO(IT CAN DESTROY ALOT IN A COUPLE OF MINUTES) 2.EARTHQUAKE(IT CAN SHAKE A LARGE AREA BUT NOT ALWAYS CAUSE THAT MUCH OF A DAMAGE AS a tornado could) 3.HURRICANE
About how fast does a tornado cause damage to property?
It depends. A tornado can cause property damage in a matter of seconds, but in a large, slow moving tornado, structures can be exposed to damging winds for several minutes. A very violent tornado can completely obliterate a well built house in under 3 seconds.
Do wider tornadoes cause more damage?
Usually, but not always. A large tornado can certainly damage a large area. Larger tornadoes also tend to be stronger as well, but this is not always the case.
Can a tornado wipe out Washington D.C.?
While it would be possible for a tornado to cause major damage to a significant portion of Washington D.C. (in 2002 a large F4 tornado came within 30 miles), no tornado would be large enough to affect the entire city.
Which is stronger cyclone hurricane typhoon or tornado?
A hurricane and a typhoon are the same strength, as they are the same type of storm only occurring in different regions. They are a kind of cyclone. Overall, a hurricane or typhoon is stronger than other varieties of cyclone. Due to their large size, such cyclone will release more energy than a tornado, but a tornado has stronger winds.
Is this a myth or a fact the low pressure with a tornado causes buildings to explode as the tornado passes overhead?
It is a myth. The pressure drop inside a tornado is not large enough to cause significant damage. Buildings are torn apart by the powerful winds of a tornado.
Is a land cyclone another name for a tornado?
No. Although some people refer to tornadoes as cyclones this is incorrect. A cyclone is a large scale low pressure system A tornado is a small scale circulation spawned from a thunderstorm. However, there is one type of tornado known as a landspout.
