•In Oklahoma, a small herd of cattle were sucked up by a tornado and carried across the countryside, before being set down unharmed.
•In 1981, a tornado that swept through the Italian City of Ancona lifted a sleeping baby from its baby carriage and set it down unharmed on the ground.
•The deadliest Tornado happened in 1925. It swept through three states and killed 689 people and injured 2,000.
•Tornadoes is from the Spanish word, tronada, meaning thunderstorm.
•Dust Devils are tornadoes that pass over desert areas.
•Some people in ancient times thought dust devils were ghosts.
•Most of the world’s destructive tornadoes occur during the summer in mid-western states of the US.
•Sometimes multiple tornadoes form and travel together in swarms.
•Each year, about a thousand tornadoes touch down in the United States, far more than any other country.
•A strong tornado can pick up a house and move it down the block.
•Knives and forks have been found embedded in tree trunks flung from a tornado.
•3 out of every 4 tornadoes in the world happen in the United States.
•Tornado winds are the fastest winds on Earth.
•A Tornado in Oklahoma once destroyed a whole motel. People later found the motel’s sign in Arkansas.
•In 1928, a tornado in Kansas plucked the feathers right off some chickens.
•Tornadoes have hit places even in big cities like in Brooklyn.