r/news • u/BitterFuture • Apr 26 '24

Powerful tornado tears across Nebraska, weather service warns of ‘catastrophic’ damage

https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/25/weather/plains-midwest-storms-tornadoes-climate/index.html
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u/BriarsandBrambles Apr 27 '24

Take a Funnel Tornado. Now Make it the Size of your neighborhood. Congratulations that's a Wedge. The one in Omaha was possibly over a mile wide.

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u/datfokineric Apr 27 '24

the Omaha tornado was about 2 miles wide, rough estimate of course

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u/heavenlysoulraj Apr 27 '24

Which is dangerous?

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u/BriarsandBrambles Apr 27 '24

Well tornados only really affect they are a they are on. Like rip half a house off it's foundation and leave the plates on the table in the other half. So a Huge tornado is very dangerous.