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Hurricanes can be potentially deadlier.
In U.S. history the deadliest tornado had a death toll of 695 while the deadliest hurricane had a death toll of 6,000 to 12,000.
In world history the deadliest tornado had a death toll of about 1,300. whil the deadliest hurricane had a death toll of 300,000 to 500,000.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 11y agoA hurricane can inflict a higher death toll than a tornado largely because it affects a much bigger area.
Also, there are more ways that hurricanes can kill.
Most tornado deaths result from flying or falling debris, and some other result from people being thrown.
Hurricanes can cause deaths be similar means, but most hurricane deaths result from flooding caused either by the storm surge or heavy rain. The rainfall from hurricanes can also cause deadly landslides.
However, tornadoes are more violent than hurricane and can cause more fatalities per square mile that they affect.
Statistically, however, tornadoes kill more people in the United States than hurricanes.
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∙ 12y agoOverall a hurricane is more devastating, usually producing more fatalities and a greater quantity of damage. This is largely due to the fact that hurricanes affect a larger area. However, a tornado produces more severe damage, but the quantity is limited because of the small size of the storm.
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∙ 10y agoHurricanes have the highest potential death tolls. A number have killed tens of thousands of people while only one tornado has killed over 1,000.
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Which covers more hurricane or a tornado?
a hurricane
The pressure ina hurricane and in a tornado?
Both a hurricane and a tornado have centers of intense low pressure.
Is hurricane and tornado in a bottle the same thing?
If you mean a hurricane in a bottle then yes, a hurricane in a bottle and a tornado in a bottle are the same thing. In shape, however, the vortex bears more resemblance to a tornado than a hurricane.
Is a tornado worse than a hurricane?
The winds in a tornado funnel are perhaps faster (and therefore more destructive) than a hurricane, but the diameter of a tornado is very very small compared with a hurricane.
What is several hundred miles in diameter a tornado or a hurricane?
A hurricane. A tornado is usually no more than a quarter of a mile wide.
What is deadlier a hurricane or a tornado?
Hurricanes tend to be deadlier because the affect a larger area, and cause widespread flooding in addition to having strong winds, while tornadoes are limited to a relative small swath of damage cause by wind and debris.
Which is deadlier a tornado or twister?
Neither. Tornado and twister are two words for the same thing.
Is a Katrina hurricane worst than a flood and a tornado and an earthquake and a snow storm?
There is no such things as "a Katrina hurricane." Hurricane Katrina was a particular hurricane that hit the Gulf Coast in 2005. Hurricane Katrina was worse than any tornado on record and deadlier and more destructive than any recorded snowstorm. Katrina was worse than most earthquakes, but not all. Hurricane Katrina killed about 1,800 people. Some earthquakes have had death tolls in the hundreds of thousands.
How can hurricane chris become the deadliest tornado?
It can't. A hurricane can't become a tornado.
Which covers more hurricane or a tornado?
a hurricane
The pressure ina hurricane and in a tornado?
Both a hurricane and a tornado have centers of intense low pressure.
Is hurricane and tornado in a bottle the same thing?
If you mean a hurricane in a bottle then yes, a hurricane in a bottle and a tornado in a bottle are the same thing. In shape, however, the vortex bears more resemblance to a tornado than a hurricane.
Is a tornado worse than a hurricane?
The winds in a tornado funnel are perhaps faster (and therefore more destructive) than a hurricane, but the diameter of a tornado is very very small compared with a hurricane.
Were more people killed by the hurricane Katrina or by the great Galveston hurricane?
The Galveston hurricane was far deadlier, with a death toll of 6,000 to 12,000 compared to Katrina's 1,800.
Can a hurricane be shaped as a tornado?
No, a hurricane is a huge storm hundreds of miles wide. A tornado is tiny by comparison.
Who do you think will win tornado or hurricane?
a tornado because of when it hit it it keeps going but a hurricane will stop at land
What is the duration of Hurricane Ivan tornado outbreak?
The duration of Hurricane Ivan tornado outbreak is 48 hours.
