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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.
Which is the odd one out and why tropical cyclone tornado hurricane typhoon?
The odd one out is a tornado. Hurricanes and typhoons are both strong tropical cyclones and their own weather systems. A tornado is neither tropical nor a cyclone, but is instead a small-scale weather event that is dependent on a larger parent storm.
What will happen if tornado goes to a different tornado?
If two tornadoes were to merge, they would combine to form a larger and more destructive tornado. This new tornado could have stronger winds and cause more damage than either of the individual tornadoes on their own.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Why does the size of a tornado not determine the damage of a tornado?
The damage severity in a tornado is determined primarily by wind speed. For example, a tornado with peak winds of 100 mph, even if it is very large, is not going to obliterate well built houses, thought it will cause severe roof damage. By contrast, even a relatively small tornado with peak winds of 250 mph can completely destroy just about any structure.
What is the difference in size of a cyclone and a tornado?
A cyclone is a large scale weather system typically a few hundred to a couple thousand miles across. A tornado is a violently rotating column of air that is usually less than a mile wide.
Is a cyclone worse than a tornado?
It varies. Technically a cyclone can be almost any large scale low pressure system with a closed circulation, and most such systems are not damaging. However, hurricanes and similar storms, which are a kind of cyclone, can cause far more damage and have much higher death tolls than tornadoes. Both the costliest and deadliest natural disasters in U.S. history were hurricanes (Hurricane Katrina and the 1900 Galveston hurricane respectively). It can be even more complicated however, as cyclones can cause tornadoes.
