Tornado
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tornado-179-5198130
title:
Tornado
text:
A tornado is a violently rotating column of air that is in contact with both the surface of the Earth and a cumulonimbus cloud or, in rare cases, the base of a cumulus cloud. It is often referred to as a twister, whirlwind or cyclone, although the word cyclone is used in meteorology to name a weather system with a low-pressure area in the center around which, from an observer looking down toward the surface of the Earth, winds blow counterclockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and clockwise in the
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Violently rotating column of air in contact with both the Earth's surface and a cumulonimbus cloud
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tornado
date created:
2002-02-03T18:55:34Z
date modified:
2024-09-04T23:45:04Z
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13
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