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Subject: tornadoes

Author:
Heaves

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Date Posted: 09:35:04 06/02/12 Sat

Long story short...yep, tornadoes exist here in Germany. But I'm not scurred.

The United States has the most tornadoes of any country, seeing about four times the activity estimated in all of Europe. Many of these form in an area of the central United States known as Tornado Alley.[2] This area extends into Canada, particularly Ontario and the Prairie Provinces; however, activity in Canada is less than that of the US. The Netherlands has the highest average number of tornadoes per square mile in the world (at least 20 recorded per year). The UK also has a very high tornado density (more than 33 tornadoes reported annually), but most are small and result in minor damage.

Bangladesh and surrounding areas of eastern India suffer from tornadoes of lesser severity to those in the US with more regularity than any other region in the world. However, these occur with greater recurrence interval, and tend to be under-reported due to the scarcity of media coverage in a third-world country. The annual human death toll from tornadoes in Bangladesh is about 179 deaths per year, which is much greater than in the US. This is likely due to the density of population, poor quality of construction, lack of tornado safety knowledge, and other factors.[6]

Other areas of the world that have frequent strong tornadoes include parts of Argentina and southern Brazil, as well as South Africa. A fair number of weak and occasionally strong tornadoes occur annually in Germany, Italy, Spain, China and the Philippines. Australia, France, Russia, areas of the Middle East, India, Bangladesh and Japan have a history of multiple damaging tornado events.

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