Tornadoes

The second largest tornado on record was the Hallam, Nebraska tornado of May 22, 2004. It was 2.5 miles wide.

Seeing as this question was asked in 2010, the United States experienced 1282 tornadoes in 2010. In the past year of 2011 there were at least 1660 tornadoes in the U.S. Statistics outside the U.S. are not available.

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The current record for most tornadoes in a 24 hour period is 208, set on April 27, 2011.

Yes, tornadoes occur on every continent except Antarctica.

Tornadoes can destroy trees and animal habitats when they hit them.

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Tsunamis are overall more dangerous. They can obliterate entire parts of towns, something only seen in the most powerful of tornadoes and can kill thousands while tornadoes rarely kill more than a few dozen.

Tornadoes, however, are more difficult to predict usually having a few minutes of advance warning while in many cases a tsunami warning can be issued hours ahead of time.

Depends on what you mean by "better." You are more likely to experience a tornado in Kansas, but most people would not consider that a good thing. The tornadoes in Rhode Island are not as dangerous as the ones in Kansas as they are generally weaker. So it would probably not be as bad to be hit by a Rhode Island tornado as you would be at a lower risk of injury or death.

People can be protected from tornado by warnings issued in advance that give them time to get to safety. Buildings can be made stronger or reinforced against tornado damage, even with things as simple as hurricane ties, which help prevent the roof from being torn off. There isn't really anything that can be done to protect the land itself.

Most people in Tornado Alley live the same way most other Americans do. Agriculture and oil drilling are the main economic activities of the region.

Well, as of 31 December 2010; Yes. Yes indeed they do.

That is impossible to know. Although it is not unlikely that there will be a few more tornadoes this year, and there will certainly be tornadoes next year, there is no way of knowing where or when they will hit.

There is nothing to be "done" about tornadoes. Tornadoes are a natural weather event.

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Surprisingly, yes. England has a relatively high incidence of tornadoes, but most of them are weak and don't cause much damage.

The deadliest tornado in Mississippi was the Natchez, Mississippi tornado of May 6, 1840. It killed 317 people, making it the second deadliest tornado in U.S. history.

Since 1950 there have been 3,288 confirmed tornadoes in Oklahoma. The number of actual tornadoes is probably higher as most weak tornadoes (F0 and F1) were not recorded in the earlier years.

No. A whirlpool is simply a vortex in water. A tornado is a very specific kind of vortex that by definition take place in air.

The Fujita Scale rates tornadoes from F0 to F5 based on the severity of the damage they do.
F0 is the weakest but most common category. F0 damage includes missing shingles, broken tree limbs, trees with shallow roots uprooted, gutters taken down and some trailers overturned. About 55% of tornadoes are rated F0

F1, the next lowest category, is also the second most common. F1 damage includes severely stripped house roofs, severely damaged or mostly destroyed trailers, collapse porches and roofs, and broken windows. About 25% of tornadoes are rated F1

F2 is the beginning of what care called significant tornadoes. F2 damage includes roofs torn from frame houses, trailers completely demolished, and cars lifted. large amounts of debris may start to fly. About 15% of all tornadoes are rated F2.

F3 is the third strongest and third least common category of tornado. F3 damage includes many or most of the walls in a well-built home collapsed, sometimes with just a few left standing. Most trees will be uprooted. About 4% of tornadoes are rated F3.

F4 is the beginning of what are called violent tornadoes. F4 damage consisted of well-built houses completely leveled and left as piles of rubble and trees stripped of their bark. About 1% of tornadoes are rated F4.

F5 is the strongest and rarest category on the Fujita scale classified as incredible. F5 damage consists of well-built houses being swept clean off their foundations. Sometimes houses may be carried or thrown large distances. Pavement may be peeled from roads. Less than 0.1% of tornadoes are rated F5.

From 1950 to 2011 there were 56,221 tornadoes recorded in the U.S. of which 388 or 0.6% hit California. This figure may be somewhat skewed as for the first 30 years or so of this period the majority of tornadoes were missed.

Tornadoes can happen at any time of year but they are most common in sprind and early summer.

Just about. Probably the only areas that can't get tornadoes are extreme polar climates such as Antarctica and extreme deserts such as the Atacama.

Texas has the two types of tornadoes that can happen everywhere else: supercell tornadoes and landspouts. See the related link for details on this.

In terms of intensity Texas has had tornadoes of all levels from F0 to F5.

Tornadoes can impact people by damaging or destroying their homes, businesses, or property; killing pets, crops, and livestock; and by killing or injuring people.