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The Tornado Tube is a device made of molded plastic that can be used to connect two two-liter soda bottles. When one of the bottles is filled with liquid and the two bottles are connected with a Tornado Tube, they may be used as a children's educational toy demonstrating a vortex.
Carl Guttenberg's 1778 Tea-Tax Tempest, with exploding teapot. Tempest in a teapot (American English), or also phrased as storm in a teacup (British English), or tempest in a teacup, is an idiom meaning a small event that has been exaggerated out of proportion.
In the lower image, where the camera is facing the opposite direction, the sun is behind the tornado, giving it a dark appearance. [34] 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.
A tornado watch has been issued for parts of western Oklahoma and northwest Texas until 1 p.m. Saturday, with the potential for tennis ball-sized hail and winds reaching up to 70 mph, per CNN.
This tornado in the video appears to be the long-track EF-3 tornado that held together for more than 48 miles from Anhuac to Port Arthur in southeastern Texas. The cyclone had maximum sustained ...
A small tornado outbreak occurred as a squall line passed over Dixie Alley on the afternoon and evening of January 5, [3] [4] producing at least eleven tornadoes. The first tornado, which has been rated EF1, touched down in Southeast Lincoln County, Arkansas , and was the only tornado of the outbreak to occur in the state.
A vehicle passes as strong winds blow during a tornado warning in San Francisco on Dec. 14, 2024, in this screenshot obtained from a social media video. Cleanup underway after tornado hits near ...
Damage caused by the 1983 Los Angeles tornado This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources. The U.S. state of California experiences several tornadoes every year, with at least 489 twisters [nb 1] recorded since 1891. Among these are four fire whirls, a type of tornado that develops ...