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Alternatively Twister.
A destructive whirling wind with the appearance of a rotating column of air, usually accompanied by a funnel-shaped downward extension of a cumulonimbus cloud, and having a vortex several hundred yards in diameter spinning devastatingly at speeds of up to 500 miles (800 kilometers) per hour.
Tornadoes are caused by winds blowing in opposite directions around a strong updraft that starts a narrow, violent whirl. Centrifugal force throws air away from the center, leaving a core of low pressure which acts as a powerful vacuum.
Tornadoes are small, intense cyclones in which the air is spiraling inwards and upwards at a very high speed.
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