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The document discusses tornadoes, which are violently rotating columns of air that connect the earth's surface to a cumulonimbus cloud. Tornadoes come in many shapes and sizes but are typically visible condensation funnels. Most tornadoes have wind speeds below 180 km/h but the strongest can exceed 480 km/h. The document also mentions different types of tornadoes like landspouts and waterspouts.

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The document discusses tornadoes, which are violently rotating columns of air that connect the earth's surface to a cumulonimbus cloud. Tornadoes come in many shapes and sizes but are typically visible condensation funnels. Most tornadoes have wind speeds below 180 km/h but the strongest can exceed 480 km/h. The document also mentions different types of tornadoes like landspouts and waterspouts.

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A tornado is a violently rotating column of air that is in contact with both the

surface of the earth and a cumulonimbus cloudor, in rare cases, the base of
a cumulus cloud. They are often referred to as twisters or cyclones,[1] although
the wordcyclone is used in meteorology, in a wider sense, to name any
closed low pressure circulation. Tornadoes come in many shapes and sizes, but
they are typically in the form of a visible condensation funnel, whose narrow end
touches the earth and is often encircled by a cloud of debris and dust. Most
tornadoes have wind speeds less than 110 miles per hour (180 km/h), are about
250 feet (80 m) across, and travel a few miles (several kilometers) before
dissipating. The most extreme tornadoes can attain wind speeds of more than
300 miles per hour (480 km/h), stretch more than two miles (3 km) across, and
stay on the ground for dozens of miles (more than 100 km).[2][3][4]
Various types of tornadoes include the landspout, multiple vortex tornado,
and waterspout. Waterspouts are characterized by a spiraling funnel-shaped
wind current, connecting to a large cumulus or cumulonimbus cloud. They are
generally classified as non-supercellular tornadoes that develop over bodies of
water, but there is disagreement over whether to classify them as true tornadoes.
These spiraling columns of air frequently develop in tropical areas close to
the equator, and are less common at high latitudes.[5] Other tornado-like
phenomena that exist in nature include the gustnado, dust devil, fire whirls,
and steam devil; downbursts are frequently confused with tornadoes, though
their action is dissimilar.

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