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A weak tornado can rip off shingles. It can also break windows and lift them off the ground. It can also make light poles collapse and make objects fly around in mid air. A strong tornado can tear roofs and sometimes walls from houses similar buildings and destroy weaker structures such as garages and mobile homes. A violent tornado will level most structures with the strongest tornadoes wiping well-built homes clean off their foundations and tearing asphalt from roads and parking lots. In some cases whole neighborhoods and even entire towns can be leveled.
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∙ 6y ago
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∙ 11y agoIt depends on the strength of the tornado on the enhanced Fujita scale.
EF0: (winds 65-85 mph) Houses will typically have shingles and possibly siding and gutters peeled back. Shopping malls may lose a small amount of roof surface
EF1: (86-110 mph) Houses typically suffer significant roof damage and broken windows. Porches may collapse. Similarly, shopping malls will suffer broken windows and skylights, and possibly severe roof damage.
EF2: (111-135 mph) Most houses will have their roofs torn off but remain otherwise intact. Malls will have some exterior insulation stripped away, and may suffer the collapse or removal of a significant portion of the roof.
EF3: (136-165 mph) Well constructed houses will see the collapse of exterior and possibly interior walls. Shopping malls will mostly experience the collapse of exterior and possibly some interior walls on the top story.
EF4: (166-200 mph) Most houses will be completely leveled with some removed from their foundations. Shopping malls will likely see the collapse of their upper stories.
EF5: (over 200 mph) Even the strongest houses will disintegrate and be wiped clean off their foundations. Shopping malls will likely be completely destroyed.
See the link below for information on more types of structure.
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∙ 11y agoEffects vary depending on the type of building, quality of construction, and the strength of the tornado. Effects can range from superficial damage such as peeled roof tiles and torn awnings to the complete destruction of the building. In extreme cases, smaller buildings may be completely blown away. Intermediate damage levels can also occur, such as the loss of the roof or the collapse of exterior walls.
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∙ 10y agoIt depends on the type of strucutre, the quality of construction, and the intesity of the tornado. The Ehnaced Fujita scale uses the damage done by a tornado to estimate its intensity, sorting each tornado into one of six intensity levels. Here are those intensity levels with expected damage to the mentioned structures:
EF0: Houses and shopping malls will lose some roof covering. Houses may also lose some siding, gutters and awnings. Even in tornadoes as weak as this, houses may be partially crushed by falling trees.
EF1: Both types of structure suffer severe roof damage. Poorly built houses may lose their roofs. Windows and skylights break. Weak exterior walls may collapse. Porches collapse
EF2: Well built houses loose their roofs but most walls remain standing. Walls collpse in poorly built houses. Poorly anchored houses may shift off their foundations. Wall cladding damaged in shopping malls with roof largely removed or collapsed.
EF3: Multiple walls collapsed in well built houses, sometimes with only a few interior walls left standing. Weaker houses may be leveled. exterior upper story walls in shopping malls collapse.
EF4: Well built houses completely leveled, with weakers ownes blown away. A high-end EF4 will remove most houses from their foundations. Failure of upper stories of shopping malls.
EF5: Even the sturdiest houses are swept away, leaving behind bare foundations. Structural supports may be pulled out of the ground. Most or all of a shopping mall will be leveled.
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∙ 7y agoTornadoes damage and destroy man-made structures. In the worst cases entire neighborhoods can be completely destroyed.
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∙ 14y agoIt can go from lifting shingles on roofs to leveling buildings depending on the strength of the winds.
Whole trees can be uprooted and animals can be lifted up and thrown miles away.
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Negative tornado effects?
Loss of homes and buildings, injuries, fatalities, overall devastation.
Does low pressure in a tornado cause buildings to explode as the tornado passes overhead?
No. The pressure drop inside a tornado is not enough to cause buildings to explode. Tornadoes tear buildings apart with wind and debris.
What effects the tornado on the earths surface?
Once a tornado touches down, very little has a major impact on it. An established tornado can pass over buildings, trees, hills, and even mountains without weakening. The tornado is more affected by the air masses within a thunderstorm. In terms of effects the tornado has, vegetation and man made structures in the tornado's path are usually damaged or destroyed. In the most violent tornadoes of the top 0.5% or so roads and topsoil may be stripped away.
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.
How many buildings did the tri-state tornado destroy?
It is estimated that the Tri-state tornado destroyed approximately 15,000 homes, which would have accounted for the majority of the buildings destroyed.
Negative tornado effects?
Loss of homes and buildings, injuries, fatalities, overall devastation.
What are the immediate effects of a tornado?
Buildings and trees are damaged or destroyed. People and animals may by injured or killed.
Does low pressure in a tornado cause buildings to explode as the tornado passes overhead?
No. The pressure drop inside a tornado is not enough to cause buildings to explode. Tornadoes tear buildings apart with wind and debris.
How does a tornado effect man and nature?
It effects man and nature by distroying buildings,trees or even cars so if I were you I would be VERY CAREFUL!!
What effects the tornado on the earths surface?
Once a tornado touches down, very little has a major impact on it. An established tornado can pass over buildings, trees, hills, and even mountains without weakening. The tornado is more affected by the air masses within a thunderstorm. In terms of effects the tornado has, vegetation and man made structures in the tornado's path are usually damaged or destroyed. In the most violent tornadoes of the top 0.5% or so roads and topsoil may be stripped away.
How does a tornado affect people animals buildings?
People and animals may be killed or injured in a tornado and lose their homes. Buildings may be damaged or destroyed.
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.
What were the long term and short term effects of tornado in Florida?
They are the same as for a tornado anywhere else. Short term effects would be buildings damaged and destroyed, downed trees, loss of power, and dealying with any injured or dead. Long term effects could include the financial impacts on those affected and people left with lasting injuries.
What does a tornado eat?
Tornadoes do not eat. They are not alive. Tornado often destroy buildings and trees, but they do not eat them.
What are the effects of tornado?
Tornadoes can damage or destroy buildings and vegetation and can kill or injure people and animals.
How many buildings did the tri-state tornado destroy?
It is estimated that the Tri-state tornado destroyed approximately 15,000 homes, which would have accounted for the majority of the buildings destroyed.
What are some effects of a tornado?
death
