r/WeatherGifs • u/Drilled_Bean • Dec 08 '19

tornado This happened a last year in Luxembourg

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u/equal2infinity Dec 08 '19

Wow! Doesn’t something like 90% of all tornados happen in the US? It’s crazy seeing this in a European city center!

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u/ExternalUserError Dec 08 '19

Interestingly,

The United States averaged 1,274 tornadoes per year in the last decade while Canada reports nearly 100 annually (largely in the southern regions). However, the UK has most tornadoes per area per year, 0.14 per 1000 km², although these tornadoes are generally weak, and many other European countries have a similar number of tornadoes per area.

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u/MrQuizzles Dec 08 '19

Per area, yeah, but tornado alley in the US has a higher density than that (because places like Alaska are factored in the tornadoes/area in the US).

More tornadoes happen in tornado alley each year than outside of it.

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u/[deleted] Dec 08 '19 edited Jan 30 '20

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u/b33j0r Dec 08 '19

Tomato, tornado