Tornados, cyclones, and hurricanes all refer to storms with a spinning pattern in them, and are sometimes used interchangeably or with different meanings in different parts of the world. I think the answers here are mostly referring to what’s called a tornado in the US, which is a relatively small but intensely destructive funnel that comes down from the sky and basically vacuums the ground clean of everything that moves and some things that definitely should not. But I’m wondering whether you’re asking about what’s called a hurricane in the US? Those are the ones that can be 100 miles wide and last for days.
The reason I’m wondering is because a hurricane is a lot like a storm - a really, really bad storm. On the other hand, tornados are just a completely different experience, and can literally come out of a clear, blue sky. They’re more like a bomb going off, except in rare cases where they stay on the ground for several minutes and create a strip of destruction.
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u/Fun_Health8583 4d ago
Tornados, cyclones, and hurricanes all refer to storms with a spinning pattern in them, and are sometimes used interchangeably or with different meanings in different parts of the world. I think the answers here are mostly referring to what’s called a tornado in the US, which is a relatively small but intensely destructive funnel that comes down from the sky and basically vacuums the ground clean of everything that moves and some things that definitely should not. But I’m wondering whether you’re asking about what’s called a hurricane in the US? Those are the ones that can be 100 miles wide and last for days.
The reason I’m wondering is because a hurricane is a lot like a storm - a really, really bad storm. On the other hand, tornados are just a completely different experience, and can literally come out of a clear, blue sky. They’re more like a bomb going off, except in rare cases where they stay on the ground for several minutes and create a strip of destruction.