Here are three real photographs of tornadoes from around the world. Hover over a picture to make it jump, and check the Picture Sources box at the bottom to see exactly where each photo came from!
An enormous F5 tornado touching down in Elie, Manitoba, Canada, in 2007. It was strong enough to pick up a house and throw it! See source ↓
A funnel cloud reaching down from a thunderstorm. A funnel only gets the name tornado once it touches the ground — and this one is very close! See source ↓
Seen from the air, this is the path the 2013 Moore tornado cut through neighbourhoods in Oklahoma, USA. The tornado was more than 2 kilometres wide! See source ↓
📚 Picture Sources
- Photo 1 — F5 tornado in Elie, Manitoba, Canada, 2007. From Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0): https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:F5_tornado_funnel_cloud_Elie_Manitoba_2007.jpg
- Photo 2 — Funnel cloud approaching the ground (NOAA photo, public domain). From Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Funnel_cloud_approaching_the_ground_-_NOAA.jpg
- Photo 3 — Aerial view of tornado damage in Moore, Oklahoma, 2013 (U.S. National Guard photo, public domain). From Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:An_aerial_view_of_tornado_damage_in_Moore,_Okla.,_May_21,_2013_130521-Z-BB392-492.jpg
