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The tornado generating storms were often welcomed by colonial settlers in the region since they dissipated extreme heat and humidity during the last days of the dry season. Tornadoes are often embedded in the African squall lines, [30] [31] but they damage crops, and diminish any beneficial effect of its rains.
This is a list of tornadoes which has been officially or unofficially labeled as F3, EF3, IF3 during the 2020s decade. These scales – the Fujita scale, the Enhanced Fujita scale, the International Fujita scale, and the TORRO tornado intensity scale – attempt to estimate the intensity of a tornado by classifying the damage caused to natural features and man-made structures in the tornado's ...
Mini-tornado – A fallacious term often used in European news media to refer to tornadoes occurring there; even large, strong, and/or long track tornadoes produced by supercells. This is apparently due to the erroneous perception that "real" tornadoes do not occur in Europe (or elsewhere where the term is applied).
But that doesn’t mean the number of tornadoes is decreasing. In fact, it’s quite the opposite. In 2024, the U.S. had more than 1,800 confirmed tornadoes – the second-most on record.
Tornadoes can have a wide range of colors, depending on the environment in which they form. Those that form in dry environments can be nearly invisible, marked only by swirling debris at the base of the funnel. Condensation funnels that pick up little or no debris can be gray to white.
Here are 10 different types of tornadoes that have been documented across North America. The smallest type of tornado can be short-lived, lasting just a few minutes, but that is not always the ...
This list includes tornadoes rated F4/EF4/IF4 or equivalent by government meteorologists, non-government tornado experts (i.e. Thomas P. Grazulis or Ted Fujita) or meteorological research institutions (i.e. European Severe Storms Laboratory) that rated a tornado differently than the official government organization in charge of the rating ...
What does a tornado watch mean vs. a tornado warning? Northern & Central New Mexico: Let’s TACO about the difference between a watch & a warning. 🌮🌮 Kidding aside, a watch means conditions ...