Twisters, cyclones, twisters, and funnel clouds are other names for tornadoes.
Tornadoes are sometimes called twisters. Some people will also call them cyclones, though this is technically incorrect. If a tornado occurs on water it is called a waterspout.
Tornadoes are often called twisters. Some people will also call them cyclones, but this is not quite correct as a cyclone is a different type of weather pattern.
Tornadoes are often called twisters or funnels. Some people call tornadoes cyclones, but this is incorrect terminology as a cyclone is technically a much larger type of weather event than a tornado.
Some people call tornadoes "twisters" but storm chasers rarely, if ever, use that term. Different descriptive terms may be used depending on the tornado's appearance.
Tornadoes are often called twisters. Some will also call them cyclone, though this is not quite correct, as the term cyclone refers to something different.
Yes. Some twisters have touched down and joined together to create a big tornado.edit: when tornadoes form like that its called a multivotex tornado
Informally some people do call them cyclones, by this is technically incorrect. While they share some traits, tornadoes and cyclones are different types of weather pattern.
They happen more regularly than people may think. The weather needs to be in the right conditions for it but this can be at anytime of year. There has been lots of bad damage done to buildings through twisters in England.
Twisters, more formally called tornadoes, are most common the United States, especially on the central plains in a region called Tornado Alley. Some of this activity extends into southern Canada. Other areas of high tornado activity can be found in Australia, India, Bangladesh, and South Africa.
A tornado is a rapidly rotating column of air in contact with the ground, typically associated with severe thunderstorms. "Willy willy" is another term for a dust devil, which is a small, rapidly rotating updraft of air that forms on clear sunny days due to temperature differences at the surface. Dust devils are generally weaker and smaller in scale compared to tornadoes.
It is not fun to be hit by a tornado, but some people get a thrill from chasing tornadoes.