It depends on the severity of the damage. Much of the time a house will have to have its roof re-surfaced, new siding put on, and broken windows replaced. New power and telephone poles often have to be put up while broken trees are cut up and carried away. Severely damaged structures often have to be torn down and rebuilt anew.
Most damage in a tornado is caused by the extremely fast winds.
If you have insurance that include tornado damage, the insurance company will pay. If you haven't, the property owner has to pay himself. Cost of life.
"Light damage" is the term used to describe the damage caused by an F0 tornado.
The greatest amount of damage in a tornado is caused by extremely strong winds. Additional damage is from flying debris.
The largest tornado even recorded caused about $160 million dollars in damage, but keep in mind this wasn't the most damaging tornado or the strongest. The tornado with the strongest recorded winds caused $1 billion in damage (about $1.3 billion in today's dollars). The most damaging tornado recorded caused the equivalent of $1.7 billion in today's dollars.
Tornado damaged is caused by a tornado's powerful winds and objects carried y those winds.
The Joplin tornado caused about $2.8 billion worth of damage to the city of Joplin.
On May 22nd, 2004, the large tornado in Hallam, Nebraska leveled the town. It caused $160.22 million of damage.
The size of a tornado, or its width is determined by how wide the area of damage is. The rating of a tornado, which is not dependent on size (though there is some correlation) is based on the severity of the damage caused.
Most of the damage caused by tornadoes is the result of extremely powerful winds.
by picking everything that was damage
The Enhanced Fujita Scale rates the strength of a Tornado by the damage it has caused!