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STORM STORY 26-27
Twin tubes
One thunderstorm can produce two or
more tornadoes. This is known as a
tornado family.
A tornado can also have two tubes
of spinning air connected at the base
and spinning around each other.
Tornadoes are also known as twisters.
Warm, moist air rises and meets cold
air, forming a thundercloud.
Taking shelter from the
twister …
Winds from different directions may
spin the cloud around.
When a tornado becomes
weak, it becomes thinner
and starts looking like a
rope. It twists and turns till
it disappears. Tornadoes cannot
be predicted like cyclones. At
The funnel-shaped tornado starts moving best, people can be warned only a
at speeds that can sometimes exceed four few minutes earlier, and then they
hundred kilometres per hour! must take shelter immediately.
I like to blend in!
Did you know?
Tornadoes
pick up the
colour of their
environment.
Over an area
covered with red
soil, a tornado
will appear red.
One formed
over snow will
appear white.
Twin tubes
One thunderstorm can produce two or
more tornadoes. This is known as a
tornado family.
A tornado can also have two tubes
of spinning air connected at the base
and spinning around each other.
Tornadoes are also known as twisters.
Warm, moist air rises and meets cold
air, forming a thundercloud.
Taking shelter from the
twister …
Winds from different directions may
spin the cloud around.
When a tornado becomes
weak, it becomes thinner
and starts looking like a
rope. It twists and turns till
it disappears. Tornadoes cannot
be predicted like cyclones. At
The funnel-shaped tornado starts moving best, people can be warned only a
at speeds that can sometimes exceed four few minutes earlier, and then they
hundred kilometres per hour! must take shelter immediately.
I like to blend in!
Did you know?
Tornadoes
pick up the
colour of their
environment.
Over an area
covered with red
soil, a tornado
will appear red.
One formed
over snow will
appear white.
