Tornadoes are storms with very strong turning  killtreeswarnwindsdestroystatesnoiseequipmentlightningspringbuildingscloudsfunnelrainthunder and dark  buildingsequipmentthunderkillcloudswarnnoisewindsstatesrainspringdestroyfunnellightningtrees. These winds are perhaps the strongest on earth. They reach speeds of 300 miles per hour. The dark clouds are shaped like a  rainnoisefunneldestroywarnstatesequipmentthundertreeskillcloudsspringlightningbuildingswinds — wide at the top and narrow at the bottom. The winds are strongest in the center of the funnel.
Tornadoes are especially common in the United States, but only in certain parts. They occur mainly in the central  warnlightningbuildingsequipmentcloudsspringfunnelthunderkillwindsstatestreesraindestroynoise. A hot afternoon in the  thunderrainstatesfunneldestroywarnspringnoisetreesbuildingsequipmentwindscloudskilllightning is the most likely time for a tornado. Clouds become dark. There is  noisewindsbuildingsspringlightningwarntreesstatesfunnelkillthunderdestroyrainequipmentclouds,  buildingswarnlightningtreesfunnelstatescloudsnoisewindsthunderspringkillequipmentdestroyrain, and  destroythunderfunnelspringkilltreesstatesbuildingslightningrainwindswarnnoiseequipmentclouds. A cloud forms a funnel and begins to twist. The funnel moves faster and faster. The faster the  killfunneltreeslightningwindswarncloudsthunderspringequipmentdestroystatesbuildingsrainnoise, the louder the  warnbuildingsfunnellightningspringequipmentthundercloudsnoisetreesdestroyrainstateskillwinds.
A tornado’s path is narrow, but within that narrow path, a tornado can  treesdestroythunderequipmentcloudsstateswindswarnkillspringbuildingslightningnoiserainfunnel everything. It can smash  rainthunderstatestreeswindslightningequipmentdestroycloudsnoisefunnelbuildingswarnspringkill and rip up  equipmentlightningnoisestateskillwindswarnraintreescloudsthunderbuildingsdestroyspringfunnel. Tornadoes can  windsfunnelcloudskilltreesequipmentthunderdestroyrainlightningspringnoisewarnbuildingsstates people as well.
The worst tornado swept through the states of Missouri, Illinois, and Indiana in 1925, killing 695 people. Modern weather  cloudsstateswarnnoiseequipmentkillfunnelthunderdestroylightningbuildingsspringwindsraintrees now makes it possible to  buildingsfunnelnoisekillequipmentwindstreesdestroyspringthundercloudswarnstateslightningrain people of tornadoes. People have a much better chance of protecting themselves. But nothing can stop tornadoes from destroying everything in their path.