A tornado is a rotating column of air from a thunderstorm to the ground．The most violent has winds of more than 400 kilometer per hour．Tornadoes can pick up cars，trains but even houses and put it down in the next street-or even in the next town．They can take the fur out the back of a cat and the feathers off a chicken．They can destroy houses，and leave the furniture inside exactly what it was．
On an average，there are 800 torma does in the US each year，cause about 80 deaths and 1，500 injuries．The worst tornado of all the times occur in 1925，affecting three US states．Since the time it ended，more than 700 people had killed and 2，700 had been injured．
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