Tornado

A tornado is a rapidly rotating column of air that extends from a thunderstorm cloud down to the ground, creating one of nature's most violent and destructive weather phenomena. These powerful vortexes can spin at speeds exceeding 200 miles per hour and tear apart buildings, uproot trees, and cause severe damage across their path, which can stretch for miles. Tornadoes form when warm, moist air near the ground collides with cold, dry air aloft, creating the perfect conditions for the atmosphere to become violently unstable.