Wind. A tornado is a type of violent windstorm.
However tornadoes can form over bodies of water. When that happens they are called waterspouts.
They can form on either on water or on land, but it is more common for them to form on land. A tornado on water is called a waterspout.
Tornadoes aren't so much attracted to water so much as water helps them form. Tornadoes form in thunderstorms, which are powered by moist air. A body of water adds moisture to the air, which can strengthen a thunderstorm and make it more likely to produce a tornado.
Tornadoes can happen on any day in any month. However, general times within a month may see more or fewer tornadoes on average depending on the month. For example usually more tornadoes happen in late March than in early March.
A hurricane. Tornadoes are more often a land-based phenomenon.
No, tornadoes usually form over land, not above warm ocean water. The conditions that lead to tornado formation typically involve warm, moist air near the surface interacting with cooler, drier air aloft. Thunderstorms on land are the main source from which tornadoes develop.
Tornadoes can happen in the tropics but they are more common in temperate latitudes.
No. Texas gets more tornadoes than any other state.
Idaho can have tornadoes. Tornadoes can happen anywhere in the United States. But tornadoes are more common in Tornado Alley.
No. Tornadoes can happen almost anywhere. However, the are more common in certain countries such as the United States and Bangladesh
The stretch of land hit by a tornado is referred to as its damage path. If you are referring to a particular region where all the world's tornadoes occur, there is none as tornadoes can happen almost anywhere. However the place that get s more tornadoes than anywhere else is called Tornado Alley.
Yes. The United States gets more tornadoes than any other country.
Tornadoes are actually more common in temperate climates than in the tropics. The can happen in both hemisphere in both tropical and mid latitudes, but are more common in the northern hemisphere.