What is tornado? What is difference between tornado and cyclone
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A tornado is a violent rotating column of air extending from a thunderstorm to the ground. The most violent tornadoes are capable of tremendous destruction with wind speeds of up to 300 mph. They can destroy large buildings, uproot trees and hurl vehicles hundreds of yards.
Tornadoes have diameters on the scale of 100s of meters and are produced from a single convective storm (i.e. a thunderstorm or cumulonimbus). A tropical cyclone, however, has a diameter on the scale of 100s of *kilometers* and is comprised of several to dozens of convective storms.
Tornado :- A tornado is a violent storm with a column of rapidly rotating winds, having the appearance of a dark, funnel - shaped cloud that reaches from the sky to the ground.
1) A cyclone is a huge revolving storm but a tornado is a violent storm.
2) The diameter of the eye of cyclone varies from 10 to 30 km.
3) Cyclone is called chakkarvaat but tornado is called bavandar in hindi