They do hit mountainous areas, but it is not very common for two reasons. First, mountainous areas tend to be dry due to something called the rain shadow effect. Tornadoes need moisture to form. Second, mountains can interfere to some degree with the mechanisms that produce tornadoes, but once the tornado is established mountains will not stop it.
No. Tornadoes are not given names. They are simply referred to by where or when they hit.
Approximately 75% of tornadoes occur in the United States, which is in the western hemisphere. Therefore, around 25% of tornadoes hit the eastern hemisphere in a year.
There were 26 recorded tornadoes in North Carolina in 2010.
Texas has been hit with the most tornadoes in the past 50 years, averaging around 155 tornadoes annually. Oklahoma and Kansas are also among the states frequently affected by tornadoes.
Tornadoes do not get actual names. Tornadoes are usually referred to by where they occur, most often a town that they hit or go near.
Tornadoes are generally considered a land based phenomenon. There are however waterspouts which are essentially tornadoes on water, though they are generally not counted as tornadoes unless the hit land.
Tornadoes occur more in rural areas as a simple matter of geometric probability. The majority of the land area of the United States is rural, so that is where most of the tornadoes will hit.
Yes, a few tornadoes has in fact been confirmed in Orange County. but i dont think strong tornadoes can hit LA it is highly unlikley
No. Chicago only takes up a tiny portion of the land in the U.S. and therefore gets a similarly tiny portion of the tornadoes.
well they do land in the planets but they dont HIT like PUNCH PUNCH PUNCH THERE NO they LAND ON THE PLANETS:)
The stretch of land hit by a tornado is referred to as its damage path. If you are referring to a particular region where all the world's tornadoes occur, there is none as tornadoes can happen almost anywhere. However the place that get s more tornadoes than anywhere else is called Tornado Alley.
Tornadoes hit the U.S. every year.
Tornadoes hit the U.S. every year.
tornadoes hit very hard very hard
No, they do not. Relatively few tornadoes hit downtown areas simply becuase such areas make up an incredibly small portion of land in the U.S.
There were 129 tornadoes in Texas in 2009.
A total of 9 tornadoes hit California in 2011.