if a rotor of a helicopter is flying by at 100 miles an hour, what is that going to do to a human body? paul markowski: how far the debris goes is going to depend on essentially how heavy it is. the heavier stuff gets centrifuged out, so big chunks of structures or automobiles. lighter debris, though, like a piece of paper, that won t get centrifuged out. that ll instead go up through the funnel, can end up reaching altitudes of 40, 50,000 feet, and there certainly testimonials out there, people finding pieces of paper or photographs 50 to 100 miles from their origin in the wake of a tornado. mason lillard: we thought it was only, like, 20 minutes before help arrived. it ended up almost being two hours.
violent earth. i m liev schreiber 2023 set an all-time record weather and climate related disasters in the us. 28 events with losses over $1 billion wildfires hurricanes, and floods are more frequent than ever. the earth is changing tonight we delve into one of the most powerful natural hazards in the world. tornadoes terrifying vortexes on leave from thunderstorms in cause unimaginable destruction few examples of their power are more definitive than the 2011 twister that hit joplin, missouri categorized as an ef5, the highest level possible maximum winds over 200 miles per hour the tornado cut right through the center of the city
intense different tornadoes have different smells. when a tornado is going through a densely wooded area, you can smell fresh cup would the fresh copy? fine, whatever the tree is the typical widths are anywhere from probably 25, 50 yards across on the low end two on the high end mile wide the, largest one i ve ever seen was the el reno, oklahoma tornado. and that was over two miles wide the joplin tornado became a mile wide wedge right on the edge of town tornado was massive it was chewing up everything in its path groups, no mercy at all here we go
tornado entered the center part of the city that they hit the high school that s what a mass damage occurred valence video from my high school is no more than 100 yards from amber monson s house in 2011, amber was 40-years-old amber s always been amber just always generous, kind, and hospitable. just fun to be around member was home that afternoon. she wasn t aware that the tornado was coming she didn t have her tv on and no indicators that if it was gonna be that severe i had spoken to her. she said, oh, it s just turned really dark here. and then she said, now the sirens are going off and that s a nice say go take the
so it can actually accelerate the wind speeds. so you re putting yourself in greater danger. kim klockow mcclain: there s a really popular misconception that mobile homes are like tornado attractors, and what s behind that is undoubtedly that people hear about mobile homes getting hit more because that s where people die. harold brooks: roughly half of the deaths in tornadoes occur in mobile and manufactured homes. they re much more vulnerable to a tornado and tend to turn into debris quicker. there are myths that tornadoes can t cross bodies of water. oh, tornadoes can t go through cities. jeff piotrowski: but there are no rules when it comes to tornadoes. they go where they wanna go. harold brooks: the deadliest tornado in us history is march 18, 1925, the tri-state tornado that went across southeastern missouri, southern illinois into southwestern indiana, and it