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Published on Nov 22, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

TORNADOES

BY:AZI RANKINS

TORNADOES ARE

LOCALIZED,VIOLENTLY DESTRUCTIVE WINDSTORMS THAT OCCUR OVER LAND.

TORNADOES FORM WHEN

RISING AIR WITHIN THE UPDRAFT TILTS THE ROTATING AIR

THE FUJITA SCALE IS A

SCALE OF TORNADO SEVERITY FROM 0 TO 5

TH DAMAGE FROM AN EF1 TORNADO

HAS MODERATE DAMAGE WITH WINDPEEDS AROUND 86-110MPH

THE DAMAGE FROM AN EF5 TORNADO HAS AN

INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF DAMAGE WITH WINDSPEEDS AROUND >200 MPH

5 INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT TORNADOES

IF A TORNADO IS STRONG ENOUGH

IT CAN PICK UP AN HOUSE AND BRING IT ACROSS THE BLOCK

KNIVES AND FORKS

HAVE BEEN FOUND EMBEDDED IN TREES FLUNG FROM TORNADOES
Photo by Al_HikesAZ

3 OUT OF EVERY 4 TORNADOES

IN THE WORLD HAPPEN IN THE USA

IN 1928,

A TORNADO IN KANSAS PLUCKED THE FEATHERS OFF OF SOME CHICKENS
Photo by MTSOfan

USUALLY, THE TORNADOES COLOR

MATCHES THE COLOR OF THE GROUND