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Sajid Mahmood Ansari
In the Name of Allah---the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful. What is a tornado? ----A tornado is a powerful and destructive natural weather phenomenon characterized by a rapidly rotating column of air that is in contact with both the surface of the Earth and a cumulonimbus cloud (thunderstorm cloud) above. Tornadoes typically appear as a visible condensation funnel, often extending from the base of a cumulonimbus cloud to the ground. These swirling vortices of air can vary in size and intensity, ranging from relatively weak and short-lived tornadoes to extremely violent and long-lived ones. The most powerful tornadoes can have winds exceeding 300 miles per hour (480 kilometers per hour) and leave behind a trail of devastation. Tornadoes usually form in association with severe thunderstorms when there are certain atmospheric conditions present, including strong wind shear (change in wind speed or direction with height) and instability in the lower atmosphere. The United States experie
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