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by Anonymous on June 4th, 2006

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What are the differences between a hurricane and tornado?

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  • by patel b on September 17th, 2008

    patel b

    dont now

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  • by tardysaurus on June 5th, 2006

    tardysaurus

    Go to NOAA's website:
    http://www.spc.noaa.gov/faq/tornado/
    Excellent site for anything you want to know about definitions, differences, etc. From their q/a page here is a succint description of the difference:
    How does the damage from tornadoes compare to that of hurricanes? The differences are in scale. Even though winds from the strongest tornadoes far exceed that from the strongest hurricanes, hurricanes typically cause much more damage individually and over a season, and over far bigger areas. Economically, tornadoes cause about a tenth as much damage per year, on average, as hurricanes. Hurricanes tend to cause much more overall destruction than tornadoes because of their much larger size, longer duration and their greater variety of ways to damage property. The destructive core in hurricanes can be tens of miles across, last many hours and damage structures through storm surge and rainfall-caused flooding, as well as from wind. Tornadoes, in contrast, tend to be a few hundred yards in diameter, last for minutes and primarily cause damage from their extreme winds.

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  • by Esther_C on November 18th, 2010

    Esther_C

    A hurricane is a giant whirlpool that covers land.A tornado is a whirlwind.

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