2. WHAT IS A TORNADO?
A tornado is a very dangerous
wind, is a rapidly rotating column
of air that is in contact with both
the Earth's surface and a cloud.
Tornadoes can lift cars into the
sky, you have stay inside.
3. TRI-STATE TORNADO
One of the worst
tornadoes.
The Tri-State Tornado was
a deadly and destructive
tornado that struck parts
of three states in the
Central United States on
the afternoon of
Wednesday, March 18,
1925.
4. It passed through
Missouri, Illinois and
Indiana.
It killed 695 people and
wounded 2,027, traveling
more than 480
kilometers through the
three states. A Category
5 tornado was estimated,
the maximum of the old
Fujita scale, with winds
of more than 400
kilometers per hour.