Tornadoes

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Typical F1 damage includes badly damage roofs, trailers overturned or partially destroyed, broken windows and collapsed porches. F1 tornadoes often cause damage in the tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars, occasionally in the millions.

Typical F5 damage includes well constructed houses wiped clean off their foundations and reinforced concrete structures heavily damaged. They can even peel asphalt from roads. F5 tornadoes often cause damage in the tens or hundreds of millions of dollars. A few have even caused over $1 billion in damage.

There were 11 confirmed tornadoes in Georgia in 2010.

Yes. There have been hundreds of tornadoes that have resulted in deaths.

Tornadoes in April 2011 killed 363 people.

Unfortunately many animals do die in tornadoes, depending on the strength of the tornado. Animals will naturally hide, and I would imagine that they generally make it through such situations because most are quite small and obviously can't get caught in a car or a collapsing house when a tornado strikes, and certainly those that can hide underground probably come out unscathed most often.

It doesn't make a difference.

An EF5 is the highest of six categories (EF0 to EF5) on the Enhanced Fujita scale and the strongest type of tornado with estimated winds of over 200 mph (322 km/h). Tornadoes this strong are absolutely devastating. Well-built houses are wiped clean off their foundations and large, well constructed buildings are reduced to rubble. Fortunately they are very rare, with only 1 tornado in every 2000 being rated this high.

There were many tornadoes in Alabama in April 2011. The one you are referring to was probably the Tuscaloosa tornado of April 27. The tornado was at a mile and a half wide and appears to have been a borderline EF4/EF5, though the official rating is EF4.

No. Tornadoes occur naturally.

It doesn't make a difference.

The death toll in Mississippi from the latest outbreak is at least 34, but those deaths are from at least 7 different killer tornadoes, rather than just one. The outbreak as a whole has claimed as many as 350 lives, most of them in Alabama.

There were 208 tornadoes recorded on April 27, 2011, the most ever in a single day.

Everywhere that there are thunderstorms.

Yes, waterspouts can capsize boats. They can also move onto land to become full-fledged tornadoes.

Damage from the whole outbreak is estimated at $10-11 billion, but it is not from a single tornado but from a series of over 200 tornadoes of which 62 were in Alabama.

Looking at the totals from the most destructive tornadoes damage amounts to well over $4 billion. The most destructive and second deadliest of these tornadoes was the Tuscaloosa-Birmingham tornado which caused $2.2 billion in damage. Also of note is the Hackleburg-Phil Campbell tornado with a cost of $1.25 billion.

The average tornado lasts about 10 minutes.

The last F5 or EF5 tornado to hit the United States was on May 20, 2013 in Moore, Oklahoma.

The last U.S. tornado to be rated F5 on the original Fujita scale (though EF5 is essentially the same rating) was the Bridgecreek-Moore, Oklahoma tornado of May 3, 1999.

In short, water can get sucked or blown out of the pond.

The Tri-State tornado of March 18, 1925. The tornado killed 695 people, 613 of them in Illinois.

The Greensburg, Kansas tornado of May 4, 2007 was definitely a real event. It was the first tornado to be rated EF5 on the Enhanced Fujita scale. This enormous tornado destroyed 95% of the town of Greensburg, killing 11.

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There frequently are. However most tornadoes happen over water and don't have a devastating impact, so they don't make the news (these tornadoes are called "waterspouts"). However, most weather agencies do not include waterspouts in official tornado counts unless the hit land. However, the have been a few incidents in which 100 or more tornadoes occurred in 1 day. Most notably on April 27, 2011 an 209 tornadoes touched down, mostly in the U.S. in the largest tornado outbreak ever recorded.

No. Tornadoes are very powerful storms, and while it's possible for a tornado to kill people, it is not inevitable. Many tornadoes kill no one at all. In fact, only about 2% of tornadoes are killers.

However, the tornadoes that make the news and get the headlines are the ones in which people ARE killed and injured. The prime adage of the news editor is "If it bleeds, it leads!"

No. The widest tornado ever recorded was half that: 2.5 miles wide.

If you mean Hugo, Minnesota, then yes. On May 25, 2008 the town was struck by an EF3 tornado that killed 1 person.