Multiple Vortex Tornado

We just learned about the type of tornado the landspout tornado

Another type of tornado is called the multiple vortex tornado.

This type of tornado looks like two tornadoes right next to each other!


(from: wikipedia - multiple-vortex tornado)


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Landspout Tornado

We just learned that a funnel cloud is a type of cloud that is almost a tornado but does not touch the ground.

Another type of tornado is called a landspout.
This type looks like a long tube coming up from the ground, and then connecting to the funnel cloud at the top.


(from: wikipedia - landspout)


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Funnel Cloud

We just learned that a tornado is a column of spinning air that is touching both the ground and the clouds.

If the air is spinning by the clouds so much that it makes a funnel shape,
but it is not touching the ground that is called a funnel cloud.
(from: wikipedia - funnel cloud)


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Tornado

We just learned about the type of weather the snow roller.

Another type of weather is a tornado.

Tornadoes are a column of air that is spinning violently, and is touching both the ground and the clouds.

They are very dangerous, and have nicknames like twisters and cyclones.


(from: wikipedia - tornado)


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