Tornados

By: Roberto López Thomas and Adán Esteban Mandujano Pérez

Definition

A tornado is a mass of air with high angular velocity whose lower end
is in contact with the Earth's surface and the upper end with a cloud.

It is the most energy-dense cyclonic atmospheric phenomenon on

Earth. However, unlike, for example, cyclones or typhoons, it is short-
lived and short-lived. It can vary from seconds to more than an hour.
How tornadoes form?

The most intense tornadoes emerge

from what are called supercell
thunderstorms. For such a storm to
form, first "you need the ingredients
for a regular thunderstorm to form.
 Daulatpur and Saturia tornado
The devastation was so great that, except for the skeletons of trees, there was no sign of
permanent infrastructure". This is how the Bangladesh Observer described the catastrophe of the
tornado that hit the towns of Daulatpur and Saturia.
In fact, an area of six square kilometers was totally devastated. It is the deadliest of all tornadoes
on record, with a death toll of 1,300.
It occurred on April 26, 1989, after a six-month period of drought that probably created the
conditions for the spectacular storm to occur.
Nearly 80,000 people lost their homes and the towns of Daulatpur and Saturia were totally
destroyed. The magnitude of the tornado on the Fujita scale is unknown, due to the lack of means
to make measurements.
Comparatives
 “Tri-State” tornado
This is the name given to the deadliest tornado in the history of the United States and the third deadliest in the
world. It occurred on Wednesday, March 18, 1925. Its geographical scope was, as its name indicates, that of three
states: Missouri, Illinois and Indiana.
The tornado killed more than twice as many people as the second deadliest tornado in the United States, the Great
Natchez, which occurred in 1840. Winds of up to 352 kilometers per hour were recorded.
In its path it traveled from southeast Missouri to southern Illinois and from there to southwest Indiana. Although the
U.S. Weather Service, NOAA, has not qualified it as such, it is recognized by most experts as a category F5
tornado, the highest category.
There are doubts as to whether it was a single tornado or multiple tornadoes. However, some investigations carried
out after the event suggest that it could have been a single tornado and that its path would have reached 377
kilometers in distance.
Comparatives
Emergency plan
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