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tornadoes  

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  • Atornado—also popularly known as a twister—is an atmospheric phenomenon associated with a supercell thunderstorm or hurricane. It consists of a small rapidly and violently rotating column of air—or vortex—extending continuously from a convective cumuliform cloud to the ground. [Source: Encyclopedia of Environment and Society; Tornadoes]

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