Tornado = Wildly whirling wind

Tornado= Whirling wind

Whirling = Rotating

Tornado is a Spanish word which means Thunder storm.

Name Tsunami had become a household  name  to the people of  India  

after 2004 Dec. Tsunami .

Tsunami is a Japanese word which means Harbour waves

The name ' Tornado ' remains unknown to the most of the people of  India.

Tornado is rotating wind of high intensity.Small rotating wind is called

 'Ghost wind ' by children ( formed in summer).

Tornadoes  occur more in US.

Even in India it had occured.

1963 Tornado of North West Assam killed 139 people.

1978 Tornado of Delhi killed 29 people. 

1978 Tornado of Orissa killed 150 people.

1993 Tornado killed several in West Bengal.

1998 Tornado killed 150 people in Orissa and West Bengal

A Tornado  forms in the clouds and land on the Earth in a conical shape.

At the  tip of  the  cone, the wind would  rotate with a speed of  100 to 200 kms.

This will bring  disasters to the  area that the tornado cone touches.

In Delhi (1978), this cone  touched a bus stand . 

It whirled the buses , cars, petty shops, etc.,  and thrown them away ,

killing 29 people.

Some Tornadoes in California  develop  flames  that  rise from the Earth to Sky. 

These are called Fire Tornadoes. It is a rare phenomena.

California ( US) had witnessed many Fire Tornadoes

According to science, this happens when the tip of the whirling ( rotating ) 

wind touches a forest fire.

In California forest fires are very common, some times these fires  burn for months.

If a tornado touches the forest fire, the  fire ( Flame)  rotates like
a  long  snake whirling  from the soil to  the sky.

Twenty years ago , a mighty cyclone attacked Andra Pradesh,
thousanof people died.

The water level of the sea rose to the height of  a coconut tree.

When the cyclonic storm was at its worst, from  the sea rose 

Agni Bhagavan and went to sky.

Agni Bhagavan is said to be the fire god.

When Agni Bhagavan rose from the sea, a red fire flame went from  

the sea to  the sky

It was a great news among the  people. It should have been a  Tornado. 

Study of Tornado is still a young science, 

it will come out with right answers in future.

Tornadoes have been observed in every continent except Antarctica

See below   the pictures of  the  fire Tornadoes.

Watch,  how wildly the wind whirls.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRZzECCZjxQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsyvOYcWgcg

==========================================M S Vincent/US/// 2/12/12