Tornados: surviving the power of nature’s wildest winds

In this video, meteorologist Maiya May visits Linwood, a small town in the US state of Kansas, situated in the heart of tornado alley, and a place where an EF4-scale tornado wiped out homes and uprooted lives.

The awesome and devastating power of tornadoes is unlike any other that Mother Nature dishes out, and the largest among them, known as EF5s, produce winds in excess of 200 mph and can span two miles across.

Tornados are found across the world, but the vast majority – over 1,200 a year – touch down in the United States. And while we know that supercell storms are responsible for most of the destructive tornadoes, much about their formation remains a mystery, making exactly where and when they will form difficult to predict.

This is why, if someone lives in a tornado-prone area, making the right preparations and having a plan long before any tornado warning is issued, is so critical.

View the original video here.

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