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Compare And Contrast Hurricanes And Tornadoes
Hurricanes and tornadoes are both similar in many ways, but they are different in others. One way they are different is that Hurricanes are the most devastating storms on earth, they form over warm ocean waters by the equator. Also, the Wind speed of a tornado can get up to 157 miles per hour for it to be a category 5 with Hurricane Irma got up to 185Mph winds in under 24 hours. Finally, hurricanes are different than tornadoes because of the amount of damage they do. A Hurricane will destroy a large number of homes, trees will blow over and it will take months maybe years to fix all damage. F5 Tornadoes are different than hurricanes because tornadoes wind speed can get up to 200Mph. Also, they are created by Warm air being lifted
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