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It usually takes at least an F4 tornado to flatten houses.

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what- The tornado uprooted trees and roofs of houses were blown away?

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How many houses can a tornado destroy?

Tornadoes can destroy as much houses as it can depending on the length of their path. Most tornadoes are too weak to destroy houses, causing mostly superficial damage. However, in the works cases a tornado can destroy thousands of houses.


What type of tornado on the Fujita Scale can tear apart trees and buildings?

An F3 tornado will destroy most trees and leave most houses partially destroyed. An F5 tornado will completely destroy most structures, debark, trees, and send them airborne.


Does a tornado's low air pressure often make houses explode?

No, houses are more likely to be damaged by the strong winds and flying debris associated with a tornado rather than from the low air pressure. Most houses are not airtight enough for the pressure differences caused by a tornado to make them explode.


How many houses were destroyed in the Tri State Tornado?

The Tri-State tornado destroyed about 15,000 homes.


How do you use the word tornado in a sentence?

Example: A tornado can knock over houses and spoil towns and villages.


What damage would a tornado do to a 20 story apartment?

Depends entirely on how strong it is. Weak tornadoes could barely do any damage, maybe to the roof...EF-5 tornado could flatten it.


Is tornado a verb?

On its own, tornado is simply a noun. As with any noun, whether it is the subject or the object depends on how it is used in the sentence. In this sentence, "tornado" is the subject while "houses" is the object: "The tornado destroyed several houses." In this one, "tornadoes" is the object: "I saw a tornado."


When did the tornado flatten Greensboro Kansas?

First, it's Greensburg, not Greensboro. That tornado occurred on May 4, 2007.


Does a tornado's low air pressure make houses explode?

No. The pressure drop inside a tornado is not large enough for this to happen. Tornadoes tear houses apart with the power of their wind.


Can you describe a tornado using vivid words?

Cataclysmic tornado trampling everything in its pathCatastrophic, towering tornado overwhelming the small townTurbulent tornado, tossing houses like twigs


Is a tornado a type of weather?

Yes. A tornado is a type of violent windstorm.