tornado
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As it steadily gains steam from its spare opening bars, the number has tornado sirens harmonizing while lives flicker and disappear like sparks flying off a firecracker’s fuse.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026
Window reflections have been misconstrued as a possible intruder and a tornado.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026
They can become a tornado if it extends all the way to the surface.
From BBC • May 3, 2026
A tornado’s intensity is determined, in part, by the damage it causes and the damage around Clovis elevated Tuesday’s tornado to an EF1 on the Enhanced Fujita Scale, Molina said.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026
Today Axel ran to the flagpole during the tornado drill.
From "A Bird Will Soar" by Alison Green Myers
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