tornados

how do TORNADOs work

THe fujita scale

• F0: winds of 64-116 km/h- damage to trees, roofs
• F1: winds of 117-180 km/h- cars turned over, trees out of the ground
• F2: winds of 181-252 km/h- roofs blown off houses;mobile homes destroyed

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• F3: winds of 253-330 km/h- metal buildings fall; forest or farmlands flat
• F4: winds of 331-417 km/h- few buildings walls left standing
• F5; winds of 418-509 km/h - homes destroyed or carried away
• (F5 are very rare and people think Canada has never had one)  

HOw to Keep Safe During a Tornado Storm

• Stay away from all windows
• Basements are the safest place if you have one
• Lie in a bathtub with a mattress of pillow over your head
• Never Stop on the road while driving to avoid a storm 
• If trying to drive through a storm always travel north

Tri-State Tornado

• • It was most likey and F5 although it was not measured back then
• • Roared through parts of Missouri, illionois, and Indiana
• March 18th 1925
• • Longest path at 219 mi (325 km)

Deadliest tornado Daulatpur-Saturia tornaod

• Bangledesh
• April 26th 1989
• Killed approximately 1300 people

Most extensive, super Outbreak tornado

• • Large area of central U.S. and southern Ontario
• • April 3 and 4,1974
• • Included 148 tornados in only 18 hoursother list item here
• • Had 16 tornadoes on the ground at the same time at the peak of the outbreak

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