Hurricane or Tornado

Front

This extreme weather event forms over warm oceans and weakens when it hits land.

Back

Hurricane

Front

This extreme weather event forms over flat land.

Back

Tornado

Front

This extreme weather event can be hundreds of miles wide.

Back

Hurricane

Front

This extreme weather event is usually not more than 1/4 mile wide.

Back

Tornado

Front

This extreme weather event can last 3 weeks.

Back

Hurricane

Front

This extreme weather event usually lasts from 3 minutes to one hour.

Back

Tornado

Front

This extreme weather event has winds from 75mph - 180mph.

Back

Hurricane

Front

This extreme weather event has winds that can reach 300 mph.

Back

Tornado

Front

There are usually around ten of these every year in the Atlantic Ocean.

Back

Hurricane

Front

There are usually around 800 - 1,000 of these in the United States each year. Most of them form in the great plains.

Back

Tornado