A study on tornadoes and their impact

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7 pages

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05/17/2009

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Table of Contents A study on tornadoes and their impact Table of Contents

 
  1. Introduction
  2. Characteristics of tornadoes
  3. Formation of tornadoes
  4. Life cycle of tornadoes
  5. Type of tornadoes
  6. Other tornado type formations
  7. Impact of tornadoes
  8. Detection of tornadoes
  9. Conclusion
  10. Bibliography

Abstract

The word tornado derives from the Spanish word "tornado", meaning "thunderstorm", which in turn was derived from the Latin word "tonare", meaning, "To thunder". People also refer to tornadoes as twister, and the colloquial term cyclone.A tornado is an atmospheric phenomenon associated with very rough weather. The Encyclopedia of Meteorology defines it as "a violently rotating column of air, in contact with the ground, either pendant from a cumuliform cloud or underneath a cumuliform cloud, but not always visible as a funnel cloud". Thus, tornadoes refer to a vortex of wind in contact with both the ground and cloud base, and formed before the water vapor present in such winds condense into clouds. tornadoes form from violent thunderstorms, usually the super cell variety of the thunderstorm and cause widespread destruction in the path it swirls.

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About the author :

pencil image Nayab N.  
Level :General public Study : Management School/University : Mahatma Gandhi University

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