Tornadoes, storms, hurricanes

Tornadoes are one of the most impressive and destructive meteorological phenomena that we can find on the face of the Earth.

A tornado is formed by a mass of hot, very humid air and a mass of cold, dry air . The collision of both causes the so-called

storm supercells

, which are responsible for the formation of

tornadoes

.

Tornadoes can occur at any time of the year . About 1,200 tornadoes are reported in the United States each year, more than in any country in the world. In fact, Oklahoma, Nebraska or Kansas is known as the tornado corridor, due to the amount of destructive winds that arise each year in these places.

The

hydrometeorological risks

include: tropical cyclones, floods, hurricanes, snowfall, electrical storms, droughts, torrential rains, extreme temperatures, storm surges and thermal inversions. Hydrometeorological risks refer to the probability of occurrence of a disaster caused by an atmospheric phenomenon related to water.

Giant water, ice or fire tornadoes are one of the most feared and admired natural disasters, pursued by

tornado hunters

all over the world.

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The tornado that has caused the most deaths occurred on April 26, 1989 in Bangladesh where 1,300 people lost their lives and about 80,000 were left homeless. More than 150 square kilometers were washed away by a tornado with winds estimated between 338-418 km / h.

If there are tornadoes over the sea, but in that case they are called sleeves or waterspouts.

The largest tornado on record occurred in Reno, Oklahoma, USA It was category EF5 and reached 4,184 meters in diameter. Its winds exceeded 470 km / h.

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