These violent storms occur around the world, but the United States is a major hotspot with about a thousand tornadoes every year. To learn more, you can read on here: on.natgeo.com/2LfvcJs

Fun Fact: If the tornado looks like it’s not moving, that means it’s heading to your direction.

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Tornado is called 竜巻(Tatsu-maki) in Japanese. 竜 means dragon, 巻 means curl

I'm so confused. I've literally NEVER heard of a tornado in the UK in my whole 38 years. Im not saying they done happen as they obviously do its just strange they never make reports on it.

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Pure destructive force. Absolutely terrifying. But great explanation here. Was very informative. Also reminds me of the movie "Twister" back in the 90s.

I lived in tornado alley (Tulsa) for 12 years and we always kept the radio and TV tuned to the weather reports when supercells were tracking toward town. I never had to hit the basement, but we had a few close calls - pretty scary!

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I really love national geographic 101 videos. So informative with beautiful visuals.

The fact that these type of weather occurrences shows me that nature or the universe itself runs the show. We just live here

The EF5 Tornado in 1999 Was the bridge creek Moore RIP PEOPLE WHO DIED IN THAT TORNADO

I have been absolutely fascinated by tornadoes, supercells, storms and weather in general ever since i was a kid. Shows like storm chasers and the likes got me absolutely pulled in and grew my interesst in weather events. You have to have the utmost respect for these storms. And to the people researching, monitoring and preventing these events.

Anyone else here for their 3yo?

i love her voice

To get an idea of how powerful the winds of a typical tornado are, consider the fact that some have been known to drive small objects like forks or records deep into tree trunks or telephone poles. Even tornadoes with low Enhanced Fujita Scale ratings have winds that are sufficiently fast and pressure that is sufficiently low to pull the roofs clean off houses.

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Excuse me?? I've lived in England for 27 years and I had NO idea we could even GET tornados here. I was literally just thinking how lucky I was to live in a country that can never get tornadoes! Now I am SHOOK

Anyone here remember the Linwood tornado that went from Kansas to Ohio? That one came through my county. It was 400 feet from my house. That was the most terrifying thing I’ve ever experienced.

My name is Setya Faturahman from SMK Bakti Nusa. Tornado are so frightening that they can devour whatever is in front of them, if we see a tornado it is better to take refuge in a safe place like a basement to save yourself.

Humans : *ughhh ... there is a tornado!* Tornado : *wirling and singing ‘time to dance ‘*

4:25 The whole neighborhood was destroyed but at least the pizza survived (bottom left)

I love the 101 series. Short, but full of informations

5 mins of educational clips from NG is more informative than 30 mins of citizenry clips that I could hear is OMG OMG OMG.

If you live in Oklahoma you have to deal with tornadoes like twice a year. Honestly im use to seeing green skys in the fall in spring, its like "oh here we go again".

This 101 series is extremely awesome. This video let me know how tornado be classified and how it form. But the most important is that you let people know there are many nameless heroes devote their everything to protecting people in high-risk areas. I certainly believe that their endeavor will harvest multiple sweet results.

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Loved this one. My son is going to watch this over and over.

I live in the UK and the last time I saw a tornado here was like NEVER!

I was born and raised in KS. Just went through my first EF4 this past May. Scary but amazing all at once.

I have never once heard on the news about any catastrophic tornadoes in the UK!! Didn’t know we had them in the first place

Nothing can protect you except a basement!

no one: not even Miley Cirus: My Parents way to school:

OMG I’ve been through one IT SOUNDS LIKE A FRAIT TRAIN COMING THROUGH YOUR HOUSE!!!!!😱

That's the power and the beauty of nature! How arrogant, therefore senseless, is man's behaviour towards what he should respect!

Dude i have an assignment about tornados and this vid gave me an A+ thank you National Geographic

Feeling cold then warm air is soo creepy happened to me during a bad storm in Oklahoma

People going outside to film hurricanes: Hurricane Dorian: am I a joke to you?

These videos are so helpful to build the knowledge of people about the natural disaster that mother nature creates. These really useful for school projects like mine!

I am watching this in a middle of a storm! ...haha!

Imagine tornadoes on the Great Plains before humans, when there were tens of thousands of bison to be airborne. A black cloud indeed.

I absolutely love that tornadogenesis is still a mystery.

I learned about the principles of the formation of tornadoes in Earth science class, so I understand more about the video. I have to study more about why there are no tornadoes in our country. It is amazing that atmospheric phenomena consist of scientific principles, not coincidences.

Here after the big tornado 🌪 that happened in Kentucky and other Midwest & southern states.

Tornadoes terrify me, and I wish I lived somewhere that they don't form.

My country never had tornadoes it’s very very rare in the Philippines 🇵🇭

Recently EF1 tornado caused lots of destruction and took lives of more than 30 local people in Nepal.

Tornadoes are most occur in tornado alley, a stretch of land in mid-western in United States. They basically form when dry cool air from Canada and hot moist air from Mexico that releases heat clash together to create a vicious storm which eventually becomes a tornado. The wind of a tornado can be nearly up to 500 km/h.

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I love this different Types of tornadoes Through Different speeds of Air Epic🔮🌪

The vast majority of the tornadoes that occur in the UK are most often non-supercellular in origin, manifesting as waterspouts and/or landspouts and rarely beyond F1 strength. Conditions that would be necessary for the formation of supercells in the UK rarely come together to produce the colossal and highly sophisticated supertall rotating anvils of devastation that are supercell thunderstorms. That said, they have happened. The Birmingham Tornado of 2005 was undoubtedly supercellular in origin and produced one of the strongest tornadoes ever recorded in the UK and in May 2012, three supercells formed in Central and Northern England (notably in Sleaford, Lincolnshire) and one of them produced a tornado. This is probably why we don't usually get the massive wedge-like F4's and F5's or even F3's that go on the rampage in Tornado Alley in the American Midwest and South (Texas)

Thank God there's no tornado here in the Philippines.

The tornado rn: anyone wanna die💀

Tornadoes look funny and scary at the same time. It's like a cloud slurping out of the ground

The UK has the most annual tornadoes per land area per year, 0.14 per 1000 km2 (although these tornadoes are generally weak), and other European countries have a similar number of tornadoes per area. One notable tornado of recent years was the tornado that struck Birmingham, United Kingdom, in July 2005.

Jesus Christ.. glad we don't have tornados in my country

I’ll just add that to my list of complex misunderstood reasons why I’d leave America and never return.

I live in Oklahoma, and I absolutely hate tornados. During spring and summer I get major anxiety.

this is why I actually am thankful for quarantine before it whenever i went outside I kept looking past my shoulder for a tornado like if ur even more scared of them now

I’m watching this after I had to go into my basement due to a tornado

Me in Birmingham, UK, thinking to myself whilst watching the video "such terrifying forces of nature, glad we are not really getting these things around here", then about 2 seconds later, 0:52! :O

Love this 101 series concise and informative

this happens whenever I try to play badminton in open grounds

I'm not scared of a lot of thing's for sure Tornado to me is one of the scariest things

Why i love to watch tornados videos ❤

We've had tornadoes every Christmas for the past 8 years.

I was waiting for this video for so longgggg , tyyyy . Btw love ur videos

I've never been in any major tornado but dang, I feel bad for the people that got affected.

0:32 look closely at the tornado, if you look close enough it looks like the moai 🗿🗿

I appreciate the education on tornados thanks :)

They forgot to mention that tornadoes can get over a mile wide. Which is terrifying, lol.

Personally I have a fear and fascination of tornados

The visual depiction of the formation of a tornado, along with real ones, it was scary at the same time informative. Super video. Loved it. BTW, if you want an episode on floods, welcome to Kerala, India 🙂. For last two years, the monsoon season is replaced with flood season. You can have a live telecast of raining and consequent flood within an hour.

Even tho I hate tornadoes this makes me loook in to tornado subject

A NOTE ABOUT THE EF SCALE FOR ANYONE WHO WANTS A LITTLE MORE INFORMATION Tornadoes are based on damage they cause, with wind speed being measured by how much destruction is present. A 200 MPH tornado can be classified as an EF0. This can happen if the tornado is over open land, but the outer band of the tornado hits a lawn chair in your backyard. If a 200 MPH tornado directly impacts a structure, damage will be assessed, and it will be classified as an EF5 tornado. It's mainly based on DAMAGE from wind, not the wind itself.

They’re so terrifying

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3:55 EF0:light damage EF1:Moderate damage EF2:Considerable damage EF3:Severe damage EF4:Devastating damage EF5:Incredible damage *EF6: thats a lot damage*

Made so much sense compared to other videos

(British here) Never seen a tornado in the uk, that fact really surprised me

who here has online classes because of covid-19 and they were assigned to watch this

This segment breaks it all down. Thanks for the video!!!

It's more fascinating than thunderstorm or bhot bhayanak bhi h

Out of all the storms tornadoes fascinate me the most.

Very clear and helpful video

The narrator has mesmerizing voice

Im from the UK, only ever heard of a tornado like twice in the 23 years ive been alive

Jarrell Texas tornado: I am strong but small. EF1 WEDGE: I'm weak but big Both: Looks Like we both have a problem. Ef1 Wedge: JINX

Thanks for teaching me :)

Wow. Incrível. Obrigado

My favorite 101 episode is Uranus.

That opening was like poetry

the uk hasnt had a tornado in 196 years.. we have tornadoes that are around 1 - 4 inches long and 6 cm thick

I really like the 101 series about the solar system it helps me Learning a lot about the solar system

Just saw the dog stopping a tornado. Thought I should learn more

I’m 24 and I haven’t seen a tornado yet but watching this video makes me feel sorry for these people

Tornadoes 101: Run.

0:58 I live in the u tied kingdom and there is never tornadoes

I'm watching this because a tornado hit western Australia 3 or 4 days ago, maybe even 5..

We live in MS. We went through 2 Tornados in one week. The destruction and power of these things are mind-boggling.