Tornado/ hurricane?

Question

what's the difference?

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Answer 1

Tornadoes and hurricanes are often put together as the same thing. However, they are rather different types of natural disasters. The following lists some of their differences.

Firstly, tornadoes are formed from an instability in the atmosphere, whereas hurricanes are formed when a wet mass of air over the sea evaporates. Because of this, tornadoes usually form during thunderstorms. However, for hurricanes, thunderstorms are its effects, and not a cause of its formation.

The effects also differ, though there are obvious similarities such as the destruction of buildings. Most importantly, hurricanes can cause tsunamis and flooding, while tornadoes do not. Instead, they contaminate the water. Besides, tornadoes can cause epidemic, while this is not an effect of a hurricane.

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Answer 2

one is MASSIVE(hurricane) and lasts quite a while. High winds, Rain etc

A tornado dosent last as long and arent that big. just high winds and a powerful ...vortex?

Answer 3

Although tornadoes and hurricanes both cause tremendous damage through wind and rain, there are some very definite differences between them....

The confusion between a tornado and a hurricane may stem from a common nickname- cyclone. Technically speaking, a true cyclone is a hurricane which forms in the Pacific Ocean. Some suggest that a cyclone is a high-pressure storm system while a hurricane is a low-pressure storm system. When it refers to a tornado, it is almost always a regional nickname, not an official designation. Tornadoes may also be called twisters or funnel clouds. tornado is an isolated storm event which almost always forms ahead of a front. Certain storm clouds begin to strengthen into 'supercells', and the collision between the high pressure and low pressure systems causes the winds to circulate around each other. While the storms along the front and the supercells appear on radar, tornados.

Hurricanes, on the other hand, are systems within themselves. The entire system forms from a low pressure system generally located in the tropics. The heated ocean water serves as fuel for the cloud formations, which slowly begin to form bands of rain clouds around the center of the low pressure. Pushed further into the ocean by prevailing winds and the jet stream, a potential hurricane begins as a 'wave', then a 'depression', followed by 'storm' when the sustained winds are between 39 and 74 miles per hour. By this point, national meteorologists usually assigned a specified name to the system, following an alphabetical progression. The first named tropical storm or hurricane begins with A, the second with B and so on. Once the sustained winds reach 75 miles per hour, the storm is officially a hurricane. Unlike a tornado, the formation of a hurricane can be detected early and precisely measured throughout its life.

Tornados in general can generate much stronger winds than hurricanes, but do not last nearly as long. The damage from an average tornado is limited to the actual path a funnel cloud took during the limited time it touched the ground. The accompanying storm may cause additional damage through lightning strikes or heavy rain, but the tornado itself causes the most trouble. Hurricanes pack high winds and tremendous rains, but the long-term damage is often caused by the floods which proceed it. Hurricanes force the ocean water ahead of them to build into high waves known as 'storm surges'. Combined with the natural high tides, these surges can overwhelm coastal areas and cause widespread power outages and flooding. Tornadoes do not generate storm surges, but large hail may be a secondary problem victims face.

Answer 4

A hurricane can be predicted up to a week before it happens, the hurricane last longer but with lower wind speeds. A tornado has higher wind speeds, can't be predicted that much in advanced and but it lasts way shorter than a hurricane.