Tornado
A mobile destructive vortex of violent rotating winds, having the appearance of a funnel shaped cloud

How a tornado forms:
Hot air and cold air combine and makes the cloud swirl

Fujita scale:
A scale for measuring how big a tornado will be

TORNADO DAMAGE

• EF1 tornado: fallen trees, broken roofs
• EF5 tornado: towns destroyed, floods

5 FACTS ABOUT TORNADOES

• Water spouts are tornadoes that form over water
• Knives and forks have been found embedded in trees flung from tornado winds
• The fastest tornado ever recorded was 318mph
• The most destructive tornado traveled through 3 states
• The furthest tornado ever travelled was 300 miles