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What causes tornado damage?

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Tornado damaged is caused by a tornado's powerful winds and objects carried y those winds.

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What type of tornado causes light damage?

"Light damage" is the term used to describe the damage caused by an F0 tornado.


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What causes most of the damage associated with tornado?

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