Tornadoes vs. Hurricanes Watch out Florida! Here comes a hurricane! Tornadoes and hurricanes are both very destructive, but they are more different than you think. The wind speed, width, frequency, causes, and warnings are contrasting. However, the locations and the safe places to hide are the same. To start out with, the wind speeds can vary depending on what categories the two are. A category 5 tornado can go up to 157 to 318 mph! A category 5 hurricane can go up to 157 mph, and above. Also, both tornadoes and hurricanes rotate counterclockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and clockwise in the Southern Hemisphere. According to meteorologist, Spencer Adkins, “Some tornadoes in the Northern Hemisphere spin clockwise.’’ That …show more content…
Tornadoes aren’t named because there’s so many of them. On the contrary, there are only about 6 cyclones a year. Hurricanes are named because there’s so few of them. When hurricanes occur, they are mostly fatal. For example, Hurricane Katrina killed thousands of people in 2005. The cost was $100,000,000. Every year, tornadoes produce about $400,000,000 in damages! What a way to use lots of money! One major diversity is the causes. Hurricanes have to have warm ocean waters near the equator to form. Whereas, tornadoes form from thunderstorms, and they are rapidly spinning columns of air. Tornadoes can happen over water and land, even inside a hurricane! On the other hand, hurricanes can only thrive in water, but the wind surges can cause major inland flooding, even all the way here in West Virginia! Have you ever been in a flood like that? To finish the differences up, the warning times are significantly unlike. You can spot a hurricane coming within a warning time of a couple of days, according to Spencer Adkins. He also said that tornadoes get a warning time of just a couple of minutes before the twister strikes. This makes them attract more