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Depending on the intensity of the tornado and how well built the structure is there can be anywhere from minor damage (broken windows, roof surface pulled up) to compete destruction (structure leveled or swept away).

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What is a sentence with the word tornadoes?

After the the tornadoes hit our area, all the buildings have been smashed into tiny pieces like scattered puzzles.


How destructive are tornadoes?

It varies, some tornadoes cause little or no damage. Others will cause moderate to cause heavy damage to most buildings. The very worst can obliterate entire neighborhoods and small towns.


Why do tornadoes often destroy buildings in their path?

Tornadoes have very powerful winds. In a strong enough tornado these winds exert an enormous amount of force on anything they strike, this can tear apart buildings or knock them over. Additionally, tornadoes can pummel buildings with debris carried by those winds, causing even more damage.


What are the effects of tornado?

Tornadoes can cause widespread damage by tearing through buildings, uprooting trees, and tossing debris. They can also result in injuries and fatalities to people caught in their path. Additionally, tornadoes can disrupt infrastructure, such as power lines and roads, leading to further challenges for affected communities.


What does an tornado do that a earthquake does?

Both tornadoes and earthquakes can damage or destroy buildings and infrastructure and can kill and injure people. However they cause damage in different ways.


In what 2 ways can a tornado cause damage?

Tornadoes cause damage through powerful winds which, on rare occasions, are strong enough to tear buildings from their foundations. Tornadoes also cause damage through the high-speed debris carried by the winds.


Why do tornadoes cause trouble?

The powerful winds insider a tornado can damage or destroy homes and buildings. As buildings come apart potentially deadly debris goes airborne.


What do tornadoes do to towns?

The degree of impact from tornadoes varies considerably. A weak tornado may cause minor damage to buildings, down trees, and cause power outages. In the worst cases tornadoes have been known to destroy entire towns, leaving only a handful of buildings standing, if any.


What are some hazards water can create?

it causes thunderstorms, especially when accompanied by hail or tornadoes, can damage buildings and ruins crops


Can tornadoes do damage to the atmosphere?

No. Tornadoes do not damage the atmosphere.


What are the causes of damage destruction and death associated with tornadoes?

Tornadoes produce very powerful winds that can tear apart buildings or push them to the point of collapse. Buildings may receive lesser damage as the winds tear away pieces, or push in parts until the buckle. The wind can also pick up objects, such as pieces of buildings and turn them into flying debris, which can cause even more damage. Most people who die in tornadoes are struck by flying debris or are crushed under calling objects or collapsing buildings. Less often people may be lifted up by the winds and hurled to their deaths.


What kinds of damage does tornadoes inflict on the built envirnment?

Tornadoes can cause significant damage to buildings by strong winds and flying debris, resulting in roof damage, broken windows, and structural collapse. Additionally, tornadoes can uproot trees and utility poles, leading to power outages and road blockages.