What is the difference between a hurricane and a tornado? Detailed answer

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What is the difference between a hurricane and a tornado?

There are different types of storms, but they all have one thing in common: they are basically the rapid movement of air from one place to another. A storm during which it rains, thunder rumbles and lightning flashes is called a thunderstorm, or thunderstorm. If the wind along the road raises a large amount of dust, then such a storm is called a dust storm. A storm at sea is a storm. The most dangerous and destructive types of storms are hurricane and tornado. Hurricanes are storms that start in tropical latitudes.

For example, in North America they most often pass in the Gulf of Mexico, then rolling along the entire eastern coast of the continent. Exactly the same storms hit the islands and coasts in the Far East and the China Sea, but there they are called typhoons. The common name for both species is a tropical storm. As a rule, a hurricane covers an area with a diameter of 150 to 600 km, while wind speeds reach from 120 to 200 km/h.

A distinctive feature of hurricanes is a calm spot in its very center, called the eye of a hurricane. Its size ranges from 5 to 20 km in diameter. When a person enters this zone, it begins to seem to him that the hurricane is over. However, as soon as the "eye" of the hurricane passes further, the wind rises with no less force, although it blows in the direction opposite to the previous one. This is because a hurricane is a ring storm. In other words, the winds blow in a circle as the hurricane moves forward.

Another type of ring storm is a tornado. It differs from a hurricane primarily in its scale, since it never exceeds 2,5 km in diameter. Typically, tornadoes begin in an area where a thunderstorm is already underway, and the clouds are dark and funnel-shaped. A tornado can pass over an area only a few kilometers long and several hundred meters wide. But on the other hand, it destroys almost everything in its path.

Author: Likum A.

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