Tornadoes
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Tornadoes are very strong windstorms. These swirling funnels race across the land and destroy everything in their path. Tornadoes can destroy homes, buildings, and whole towns. They can suck up trees, trains, and cars and drop them from a great height.
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Tornadoes happen worldwide. The central US has hundreds of tornadoes a year. People call it the tornado alley.
Tornadoes mostly happen in the spring and the summer. They form from big thunderstorms. During some storms, warm and cold air meet. Wind spins the air in a funnel cloud. If the spinning cloud reaches the ground, it is a tornado.
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Meteorologists use Doppler radar to watch for tornadoes. People also help spot tornadoes from outside.
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Most tornadoes happen far inland, away from water. A waterspout is a rare tornado that forms over a lake, river, or ocean. This kind of twister sucks up water and warm air. Waterspouts usually last for about 15 minutes.
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The Tristate Twisters were a series of tornadoes that hit parts of Missouri, Illinois, and Indiana on March 18, 1925. They came so close to the ground that people could not see them coming. The twisters raged through the three states at over 62 miles per hour. They wrecked trees, farmland, and buildings. They killed 695 people and injured over 2,000.
Tornadoes are fierce natural disasters that can destroy everything in their path.
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