Tornadoes:

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Tornadoes:

Introduction:
    A tornado is an extremely violent and destructive whirlwind. Each year, hundreds of tornadoes touch the ground causing millions of dollars worth of damage, and claim lives. A tornado is one of natures most awesome displays of power. A tornado extends down from a mass of dark clouds in the form of a whirling funnel and moves over land. The most violent winds on earth are from a tornado, and reach speeds of up to 300 mph. This packet is designed to give information on tornadoes, safety, statistics, and history.
    A tornado in the northern hemisphere rotates counterclockwise, and clockwise in the southern hemisphere. It is rare to find a tornado that rotates in the wrong direction. A tornado tends to follow a northeast course at 10 to 20 mph. However, some tornadoes do follow other courses and occasionally do take on other speeds rarely.
    A tornado can be very devastating to many individuals and can cause many individuals lives to be changed. Whether it be death, destruction, injured or just the thoughts of the instance. With winds reaching up to 300 mph anything can be changed by the force of a tornado. This is the reasoning for watch and warnings of tornadoes, to prevent death and prepare for what is to come.

Factual Information:
    A tornado can occur throughout the world, however most occur in the United States. In the Spring and early Summer months is known as tornado season. Especially for the Midwest area known as tornado alley. The tornado alley is usually the hardest hit by these tornadoes.
    A tornado has four main stages, organization, mature, shrinking, and decaying. The organization stage, a funnel appears and then touches down. The mature stage

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