Question

How are tornadoes and hurricanes alike ?

Answer 1

1. Hurricanes form over warm ocean water as tropical depressions, and weaken rapidly over land. Tornadoes normally form over land from basic cyclones.
2. Hurricanes are hundreds of miles wide while tornadoes are typically a few dozen yards wide, getting up to two-and-a-half miles wide at most.
3. A hurricane usually lasts a few days while a tornado cannot last more than a few hours, and some last just a few seconds.
4. Hurricanes can produce large waves and storm surge, tornadoes, waterspouts and flooding rains. A tornado can be accompanied by these but does not directly cause them.
5. The strongest tornadoes have faster winds than the strongest hurricanes.