Tornadoes come from thunderstorms. Warm moist air, we got that in spades. That comes from the gulf of mexico. It will start to rotate, just on its own. Spontaneously, that air will be twisted and condense into a cyclone. I'm imagining something more like a wizard summoning these air streams that converge into a caldron and create these vortexes. But we have different brains. How d how does robin think about it? Soleka said, tornadoes come fromThunderstorms. They come from the us. There are definitely hot spots all over the world, but the united states by far gets the most of them.
Most people get about eight minutes' advance warning of a tornado. This episode of Vox’s Unexplainable podcast explores how scientists need to confront more of these storms, head on.
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