Not many people do survive, and there don't seem to be any published figures on this.
If you are picked up by a tornado it is most likely that you will be thrown by it and most likely die on impact. However, in a few cases people have survived being carried by tornadoes with only minor injuries.
It is not possible to stand in the middle of a tornado. The winds would be too strong to even get there. People have been know to be picked up by a tornado and thrown several miles away without being killed.
Not usually, though there have been some survivors.
The dirt and debris picked up by a tornado are often referred to as the tornado's "debris field" or "debris cloud." This material can include soil, vegetation, pieces of buildings, and other objects that are lifted and carried by the tornado's strong winds.
Most tornadoes don't pick up, kill , or injure anyone. When it does happen it is usually no more than a few people; most tornado deaths are from being hit o crushed by debris. Exact figure are difficult to determine as this is not the sort of thing of which extensive records are kept.
Probably not. Most people killed by tornadoes are struck by debris, not picked up and thrown. Strapping yourself to a pole leaves you exposed and is perhaps the worst thing you could possibly do in a tornado.
If you are picked up by a tornado it is most likely that you will be thrown by it and most likely die on impact. However, in a few cases people have survived being carried by tornadoes with only minor injuries.
It has happened on a few occasions. But generally your chances of survival are low if such a strong tornado picks you up.
Yes. People have survived such encounters. However, most do not.
It is not possible to stand in the middle of a tornado. The winds would be too strong to even get there. People have been know to be picked up by a tornado and thrown several miles away without being killed.
Yes. People have been picked up by tornadoes. Violent tornadoes can pick up objects far larger and heavier than people.
Not usually, though there have been some survivors.
For bodies that are picked up by a tornado, they are simply carried away by the winds and dropped somewhere else.
Probably not at one time. While it is certainly possibly for a tornado to kill 70 or more people in a short period of time, most people who die in a tornado are not picked up, but are struck by debris or crushed in collapsing structures. In most cases of deaths, even in very violent tornadoes, bodies are found fairly close to where they originated. A large group of people standing in the open could get picked up by a large tornado, but this is a very unlikely scenario as people will usually be inside if a tornado is approaching.
Objects can be picked up by tornadic winds and become deadly projectiles. Structures can collapse, potentially crushing people inside. People can even be picked up and hurled to their deaths.
It's not the tornado by itself that kills people, it's the collapsing buildings and the flying debris thrown around by the wind that's really dangerous. Though, in less common instances some people are picked up and thrown by the winds.
The dirt and debris picked up by a tornado are often referred to as the tornado's "debris field" or "debris cloud." This material can include soil, vegetation, pieces of buildings, and other objects that are lifted and carried by the tornado's strong winds.