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1 Tornados Kasey Kreiling, Natalie Dutton,Demarte Ross, Casey Buckcannaon

2 How do tornados form? Tornadoes form when two masses of different temepertures and humidity meet. If the lower layers of the atmosphere are unstable, a strong upward movement of warmer air is formed. This starts to spiral as it rises and intensifys.

3 Damage Tornadoes can overturn cars, and mobile homes. It can rip off the roofs of houses and uproot trees. Certain kinds of tornadoes can completely lift houses from their foundations.

4 Tornados mostly occur in Texas, Oaklahoma, Missiouri, Kanasas and illinois

5 Safety precautions The safest place to be during a tornado is in a basement of a well built building. You should stay away from windows and doors that could break and fly through the air. If you outdoors move to a building or lie flat in a ditch

6 History On may 7, 1995 18 people were killed in a texas twister. One mans body was found 130 feet away from the actual tornado was found. one of the all-time worst tornado disasters occurred on April 3-4, 1974, when 148 twisters struck 13 states causing more than 300 deaths.

7 What is the most recent tornados to occur? Hurricane Gustav spawn at least 25 tornadoes as it went ashore. One of them struck a mobile home near Mamou, Evangeline Parish, Louisiana at 3:30 am. It destroyed a mobile home, killing a man and a woman. From wikipedia.com

8 Ineteresting facts Tornados always rotate clockwise or counter clockwise The usual speed of a tornado is recorded as high as 318 mph Typical tornados only last for a couple minutes A tornado can occur at any time but the most often time is between 3pm and 9pm

9 Tornado alley

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