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A tornado is a destructive rotating column of air that forms from severe thunderstorms, capable of causing significant damage. The term 'tornado' derives from the Spanish 'tronada', meaning 'thunderstorm', and various types include multiple vortex tornadoes and waterspouts. The deadliest tornado in history occurred in Bangladesh on April 26, 1989, killing approximately 1,300 people and demonstrating the severe impact of these natural disasters.

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A tornado is a destructive rotating column of air that forms from severe thunderstorms, capable of causing significant damage. The term 'tornado' derives from the Spanish 'tronada', meaning 'thunderstorm', and various types include multiple vortex tornadoes and waterspouts. The deadliest tornado in history occurred in Bangladesh on April 26, 1989, killing approximately 1,300 people and demonstrating the severe impact of these natural disasters.

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A tornado is a violently rotating column of air extending from the base of a

thunderstorm down to the ground. Tornadoes are capable of completely


destroying well-made structures, uprooting trees, and hurling objects through the air
like deadly missiles.

Tornadoes develop from severe thunderstorms in warm, moist, unstable air


along and ahead of cold fronts. Such thunderstorms also may generate large hail
and damaging winds. When intense springtime storm systems produce large,
persistent areas that support tornado development, major outbreaks can occur.

Etymology. The word "tornado" is an altered form of the Spanish word tronada,
which means "thunderstorm". This in turn was taken from the Latin tonare,
meaning "to thunder". It most likely reached its present form through a combination
of the Spanish tronada and tornar ("to turn"); however, this may be a folk
etymology ...

Various types of tornadoes include the multiple vortex tornado, landspout, and
waterspout. Waterspouts are characterized by a spiraling funnel-shaped wind
current, connecting to a large cumulus or cumulonimbus cloud.

Some tornadoes intensify further and become strong or violent. Strong tornadoes
last for twenty minutes or more and may have winds of up to 200 mph, while
violent tornadoes can last for more than an hour with winds between 200 and 300
mph!

The deadliest tornado in world history was the Daulatpur–Saturia tornado in


Bangladesh on April 26, 1989, which killed approximately 1,300 people. In the
history of Bangladesh at least 19 tornadoes killed more than 100 people each,
almost half of the total for the rest of the world.

Warm, moist air flowed northeast from the Bay of Bengal while cool, dry air flowed
south from the Himalayas. In the upper-levels of the atmosphere above the low,
strong westerly winds from the jet stream created ample wind shear, a key
factor in the development of supercell thunderstorms capable of producing
tornadoes.

The Daulatpur-Saturia tornado struck various regions of Dhaka on April 26, 1989. It
was an F3 tornado

Formed April 26, 1989 18:30 (local time)

Maximum Width 0.93 miles (1.5 km)

Damage $1.5 million

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