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About 75% of recorded tornadoes strike the United States. This is misleading however, as many countries do not keep records of their tornadoes. The actual number of tornadoes outside the U.S. is not known.

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Q: What percentage of the world's tornadoes occur in the US?
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What percent of the worlds tornadoes occurs in the US?

About 25% of reocrded tornadoes take place outside the United States. However, the actual percentage is probably much higher. The United States is one of only a few countries that keeps detailed tornado records. As a result, there a likely hundreds, possibly thousands of tornadoes that occur every year outside the U.S. that are never recorded.


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what is the percent of the earth tornadoes happen in the us?

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