tornado
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"A tornado of rare intensity struck Aude late yesterday afternoon, severely damaging the village of Pomas," Interior Minister Laurent Nunez said on X.
From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026
"We create, basically, a tornado – a violent vortex inside the tunnel," says Helming, as he explains how this helps the machine to suck away debris, which at times takes the form of lava.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
The tornado that transported Dorothy Gale from dusty Kansas to vibrant Oz might have swept up the village idiot instead.
From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2026
Brett Pawlak’s camera spins a cartwheel alongside a flying kick, then plunges into the eye of a tornado of bad guys trapped in a web.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026
“I’m so sorry, Roz! It’s my fault the tornado got you! Please don’t be mad!”
From "The Wild Robot Escapes" by Peter Brown
Developers can’t protect assets from the most severe grade of tornadoes, but rely on the fact that the chances of one hitting any particular location is very low, according to Clark.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 2026
That doesn’t provide a lot of wiggle room to deal with emergencies like hurricanes or tornadoes, or with increased healthcare costs as you age.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 19, 2026
It also spurred two rare tornadoes in the central Hubei province.
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026
In the central province of Hubei, thunderstorms and gale-force winds have killed 11 people and injured 331, and tornadoes were reported elsewhere late on Monday, Xinhua said.
From Barron's ● Jul. 8, 2026
Before Jack could even open his mouth to respond, the tornadoes began to slowly pull away from each other, separating enough to open the way into the palace.
From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley
Dozens of tornados have been reported and hundreds of counties have spent days under storm warnings since Wednesday.
From BBC ● Apr. 5, 2025
The news today is filled with photographs and stories about tornados that have blasted through Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Kentucky.
From Salon ● May 29, 2024
Warnings for strong thunderstorms, flash flooding and tornados have been given for the area.
From BBC ● May 28, 2024
Through the observation of minute wave dynamics on the superfluid's surface, the research team has shown that these quantum tornados mimic gravitational conditions near rotating black holes.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 20, 2024
Today me and Lloyd were a pair of whirlwinds – two tornados back and forth to the barn a dozen times before breakfast.
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
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