Why the US has so many tornadoes

[@Vox]

Hey everyone! Our Production Manager Ashley and I had a little too much fun researching footage for this video and wanted to share some of our favorites with you. Head over to the Video Lab to check out our recommendations for some of the best tornado videos on the internet (and a little karate too). kzbin.infojoin - Kim

[@roccomeyers6061]

A little to much fun if you know what I mean

[@communitywatchdog6284]

@knowingnothing I highly doubt that this was intentional, but I agree that this should be avoided.

[@WeShareTheSameAir]

I ain't believe you shawtiez; I believe in hopalong cassidy.

[@WeShareTheSameAir]

I doubt it

[@WarriorClassIII]

tornadoes are racis!

[@pondererofpointlessdreams5029]

I live in Tornado Alley, and at this point, tornado warnings during thunderstorms don't even faze me anymore

[@lucaszhu1028]

Ponderer Of Pointless Dreams, it's normal for you. Not for me.

[@Sivah_Akash]

@@lucaszhu1028, well for most of the people in the World.

[@darealrealrealjc4882]

Ponderer Of Pointless Dreams lucky me I was already in my empty bathtub with a conviniant mattress right next to,it

[@stayfrosty6290]

@Ponderer Of Pointless Dreams I thought it said, "I *love* tornado alley." 😂

[@averyshaw2142]

Ponderer Of Pointless Dreams a couple small tornados went through Massachusetts a couple days ago and it was like defcon 28

[@jesuscovarrubias5585]

West America: Earthquakes Mid American: Tornadoes East America: Hurricanes

[@ultimatefirecracker1486]

Jesus Covarrubias South america brick wall..

[@mgp4447]

Southern US, both Tornadoes and Hurricanes. Sometimes at the same time

[@yeet-vm7ql]

Northeast america, blizzards

[@TheEndingAbyss]

@bopp9 Not in yours, your kids, or your grand kids life time.

[@jamcal8086]

Northern America: Blizzards

[@toasted_.coconut]

I live in Southern Missouri --- after 39 years of living here if the early evening sky looks a bit yellow-ish you just know it's gonna be a bad night.

[@kayleyschurman8638]

Right? I know what you mean. I live in a four state area (Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouri and Arkansas) so we get a tornado warning everytime it sprinkles basically lol and you can almost tell for sure whether or not you're going to see a tornado watch or warning by how humid it is.

[@jordanschwarzlose9218]

That... and it’s oddly quiet.

[@tracyveronika]

I live in WI...but I know all about yellow (and sometimes pink) skies

[@anakkosangabut69]

can you tell me more? like what happen in the night.. i live in the ring of fire where eartquake often happens but never see a tornado(sorry for my bad english hhe)

[@sgneezen8176]

Rizky Ardiyansah Well, most of us are used to severe storms here, but when the sky suddenly gets dark you know something big is coming. I gotta say I’m curious about what it’s like in the ring of fire though! Do people even get that surprised by earthquakes when they happen so often?

[@user-pd8mi7ng7s]

You know you're in for a tornado sighting when the air has that creepy feeling, the light is all wrong, it's eerily quiet, and several neighbors are outside with video cameras.

[@SDFRiver]

I live in Norman. I remember when the May 20th tornado came to visit. It was the first time I saw that kind of damage up close. They're no joke. Still blows my mind how Oklahomans really just come out of their homes to make sure there's a tornado outside before taking shelter. Thanks for this great video, Vox.

[@jadecherry7224]

SDF RIVER We Nebraskans do that too. Lots of people even like to sit outside and watch the storm while the tornado is like half a mile away 😂

[@sugakookies8063]

@@jadecherry7224 I live in Florida and we do the same with Hurricanes😂

[@dreynage2959]

Philippines : *Hold my Typhoon*

[@cyka4075]

Tropical cyclone

[@621Tomcat]

Hey! I'm Japanese. That insults me.

[@SkeleCrafteronYT]

Queensland Australia: *Hold my Cyclone*

[@dreynage2959]

@@621Tomcat im sorry but what did i say to insult you?

[@rimmipeepsicles1870]

No no. You say that to hurricanes.

[@HyphenSam]

0:21 Guess New Zealand is safe because you're not showing it on the map.

[@macaroon_nuggets8008]

And the southern tip of aouth america. The east of Alaska the western tip of Siberia. Almost all of Oceania the north part of greenland all of Antarctica.

[@macaroon_nuggets8008]

South*

[@marlonmoncrieffe0728]

You Kiwis are not safe from the terrible earthquakes though.

[@nicomon.mp4]

What do you mean? New Zealand doesn't exist.

[@macaroon_nuggets8008]

@@nicomon.mp4 AHHH AN ANTI-KIWI

[@wa1w511]

It is important to point out that tornadoes often come at night in the Southern Alley, so there are more deaths there. The main tornado alley often has less rain wrapped tornadoes, so they are prettier to film.

[@daltonschmitt7638]

True “Dixie alley” tends to have more damaging and deadlier tornadoes, but a lot fewer overall.

[@DowntownTasty]

Trust me, the tornado alley definitely extends further East well into Illinois. We get a LOT of tornadoes

[@ValkyrieKimori]

Indiana too, tbh. Lived there my whole life, and I can't even count how many tornados we've had touch down here.

[@ur_fav_friend6029]

Not really ohio, we like never get tornadoes-

[@ur_fav_friend6029]

Last Tornado I recall in my area was April of last year-

[@shlushe1050]

@@ur_fav_friend6029 we do get the aftermath of their storms tho

[@byroniusthegreat4300]

Illinoisan here: I usually get around 2 tornadoes nearby a year

[@jacksoniansonex9235]

There’s also Dixie Ally in the Southeast which is also a hotspot with actually more fatalities (trust me, I know).

[@maximuslee5670]

What did the tornado say to his girlfriend at the club? "Lets go for a spin"

[@dyllemaa]

Can you spin to the door?

[@jasmineduran6731]

Maximus Lee hey, good one! 😁

[@daisychainmilk]

What did the tornado say to his boyfriend at the spin class? "Let's go for spin!"

[@bird5119]

Cyclone: reverse, reverse! (cha-cha slide reference)

[@anthonynin8605]

Maximus Lee Haha, That was a good one bud!

[@TheRealGuywithoutaMustache]

We should be somewhat grateful that our weather phenomena is somewhat mild compared to the natural disasters that occur in other planets. Other planets have natural disasters that only our wildest imaginations can create.

[@MrAwesomestar7]

Just wait a couple decades

[@zjschulling]

For real. Jupiter has hurricanes the size of our planet 😳

[@merrymachiavelli2041]

True, but then again, most of those planets are inhospitable for life (especially complex life) in the first place.

[@zzz01f]

If the weather phenomena was that much worse life wouldnt even existed here

[@Shark2497]

I wake up every morning wishing Earth had dust storms like Mars.

[@mmmk1616]

I love where I live, in the Pacific NW. No tornadoes, no hurricanes, no super snow storms. Mild weather for the most part all year. Lots of rain, but that's what keeps us green :) Well, there was this one year when we had a volcano erupt but other than that... lol 😂

[@eliad6543]

Just wait for that Cascadia Subduction Zone to go off XD

[@bmay8818]

I live there too, and I like knowing that we don't have much in the way of natural disasters! Though, where I live, we have a series of dams above us, so there's the possibility of unnatural disaster.

[@ishaand92]

Roger B he said PACIFIC, tell me a place where Idaho meets the Pacific

[@eps3154]

Just Jeff Bezos

[@lordblazer]

a lot of people moving into Tornado Alley from your region. They're so clueless. They'll be on the highway in the left lane going 40mph and I see a supercell cloud and it's starting to spin. I want to book it out, but those Washington tags don't get the hint. They think it's like where they are from. Harmless clouds. naw. It's death from above mate!

[@bigfootbeliever6985]

You didn't mention the secondary tornado ally that stretches from Alabama (where i live) and Mississippi and all the way up north to Ohio and Indiana.

[@xStormOfRosesx]

Yeah "tornado alley" is actually encroaching most of the southeast, and somehow that is always conveniently downplayed

[@maggieburkart907]

@@xStormOfRosesx Conveniently for whom? Who benefits from downplaying it? I’m from Alabama so I know we are in a tornado alley even though we aren’t included on this map, but the way you phrased it makes the exclusion seem like some kind of dark conspiracy...

[@thomasgrabkowski8283]

Yeah, it’s called Dixie Alley and it’s the 2nd most active US region for tornadoes, and it’s expected to become the most active region in the future

[@giuliano1933]

That’s Dixie Alley.

[@snuffedtorch3683]

@@thomasgrabkowski8283 the “shift” people are always talking about is a two way street. Shifts in tornado and weather patterns have happened since the beginning of time. For a handful of years, the gulf states will be more active. Then it swings back to the plains states for another handful of years. These so called “experts” really need to go back and reeducate themselves on weather.

[@christophergrant3596]

Fun Fact: Every state in the US has tornadoes. Yes, even Alaska and Hawaii 🏔️🌴

[@blessedandcursed9604]

Abel where u in Utah when the tornado hit Ogden

[@sniceverything4944]

Abel just because you haven’t seen one doesn’t mean they don’t happen

[@spartan7199]

@Abel In 1999, downtown Salt Lake City was hit by an F-1 tornado. Look it up.

[@TheBrokenEclipse]

It's not a proper tornado if it doesn't have cows...

[@hamley9744]

its not a proper tornado if it doesn't have you being hit by the cows at 100 mph

[@LillaVya]

"A tornado is on the ground, but since there's no cows in the area there's no need for a warning"

[@touhoufan7061]

It's not a proper tornado if it doesn't hit a barn

[@leslietaylor4458]

I live in a town in Southern Illinois that got grazed by a tornado... one of the aftermath scenes was 4 dead horses laying in a field

[@wadood8700]

I read the titles as "why the US has so many Tomatoes"

[@tinytuni777]

Me too. 🤣

[@asdabir]

Same

[@bugfairy]

_does america have a lot of tomatoes tho_

[@solomonnie6108]

same.

[@chrizizdaman]

You should probably go back to school then.

[@kwichris]

Gotta love how Florida is an outlier here with 66 tornadoes in an average year. Between that and hurricanes/severe thunderstorms, the weather in Florida is always interesting. :)

[@matthewwelsh294]

Are most tornados in Florida come from hurricanes?

[@kwichris]

@@matthewwelsh294 We have tornado warnings and sightings all year long even when hurricanes are not present.

[@GarSwamp]

But Florida tornados are extremely weak and short tracking, I also wonder if they include waterspouts.

[@seanburnette1816]

A waterspout that moves on land is then known as a tornado.

[@arlopaden9794]

as someone who lives in Kansas i can say that people do like to watch tornados we had a small one come through town and people were sitting on their porch watching it

[@glowinqlu]

Omg. I live in California and I’ve never seen one so I’d probably panic

[@danielschmaderer]

@@glowinqlu yet when an earthquake happens, us Californians usually shrug it off or sleep right through it….unless it’s a massive one. That San Andreas Fault makes me look over my shoulder from time to time.

[@13_cmi]

If you know it isn’t coming for you it could definitely be nice. They can be real pretty sometimes.

[@桐山霊]

No one gonna talk about how good they explained it? Those props made it really easy to understand.

[@aaronpeters6209]

They didn't. Quite a bit is inaccurate.

[@countzulu99]

1:24 I'd say that's more like the kidney

[@blondeboi22]

Alek B I like it

[@PizzaDelivery4uProductions]

Despite it not being at the exact center, that's actually one of the biggest hotspots in tornado alley despite it being closer to the edge.

[@TommoCarroll]

Oh man, I LOVE Twister! The perfect example of a 90s movie. Anyone else have any nostalgic favourites from the 90s?

[@frontiermusic5187]

Armageddon!

[@asdabir]

Agree. Growing up outside the USA this is what Hollywood was for us. Twister, Jurassic park and oh- baby’s day out

[@TommoCarroll]

@@asdabir Yup! Wait, was that last one about he talking babies?

[@asdabir]

Aspect Science lol no a baby who apparently survives a day out in the city alone and takes down criminals or something bizarre like that

[@TommoCarroll]

@@asdabir That sounds even better haha!

[@brysonrodden5112]

I live in Tulsa Oklahoma. If there is a warning and sirens we go outside to watch it.

[@luklov8801]

Well...I guess that's it folks time to start repairs! :)

[@raindropsneverfall]

In Denmark, we don't classify them as tornadoes, but as a _skypumpe_ which, I believe, equates to a waterspout. They are relatively rare even though I feel we're hearing more about them lately because of the warming weather.

[@JosephTallent]

Born and raised in Oklahoma (Norman specifically) Tornadoes are nothing to us. We typically never leave the house unless it’s in our backyards! 😂

[@MrFork-dk5xt]

True

[@Subparanon]

Why did the tornado cross the road? To get to the trailer park.

[@Harajukubarbie333]

AlDelVex then you know nothing about tornadoes

[@Harajukubarbie333]

I’m weak 😂

[@Harajukubarbie333]

@AlDelVex you make no sense. Ofc it would go to a trailer park because they’re destroyed even in low rating tornadoes

[@ZolekaMncwabe]

The twist in all this is.......America actually loves tornadoes 🤣

[@macaroon_nuggets8008]

The TWIST in all this. I see what you did there.

[@stephanieesquivel8113]

Not even gonna lie, tornado ally is the best

[@stonemaggot4133]

I miss them. I moved north and all I get are blizzards and floods

[@samuelwatson8043]

I've seen a tornado once during the 2011 Super Outbreak between April 26 - 28

[@quickshot564]

I live in tornado alley and for some reason we haven’t had a tornado for a while and I really want one to heppen

[@EASoCal]

Thank you Vox! I’m planning on majoring in meteorology. Pretty cool to see this here!

[@ethangreenberg8712]

Daniel Diaz It's a really interesting subject. As someone who is a major I wish you good luck.

[@TraceurNath]

This is really interesting. I would argue however that the frequency of tornadoes in the states isn't the most significant or interesting factor in the equation, rather it's the high frequency of significant tornadoes which are so devastating. With that in mind it seems odd to omit Dixie Alley entirely, where the majority of tornado deaths occur even though there are fewer tornados.

[@xjArieswar]

Dope, weather is kinda interesting. Do more videos on it.

[@roidetesreves2298]

1:02. I like how Florida is that one outlier.

[@halimceria]

Florida man has done it again.

[@Udontkno7]

But they're mainly during hurricanes, but yeah, we've gotten a few tornado warnings on an average school day.

[@daffodilZephyr]

I've seen a water spout there. It's like an ocean tornado.

[@David-hx4gw]

@@Udontkno7 After some quick googling, we have lots of tornados primarily because of our daily thunderstorms during the Summer. The secondary piece of that is that hurricanes and tropical storms can produce a large amount of tornadoes during the short time they're over land, but those tornados tend to be much weaker than the thunderstorm produced variety. The more you know!

[@hshuemaker]

Only time in my 25+ years as a FL resident that I've seen a tornado here up close was during tropical storm Erin back in the mid-90s. Ripped up one of our trees & destroyed our neighbor's two story patio, but that's about it. We get a lot of warnings during the summer due to the daily thunderstorms, but as previously mentioned they're usually F1s or F2s.

[@samg4097]

The accuracy of Vox really blows me away...

[@kelly2fly]

They sure did a hail of a job!

[@bileygr1216]

Hahahahahahahaha

[@sib113]

@@kelly2flyRemove the political Vox and you will have a good Vox

[@ian2]

i wouldn't say it's 100% accurate but it's definitely better than a lot of videos about tornadoes.

[@MajorMlgNoob]

@@sib113 you just have bad politics

[@shohumraina1622]

Western US: Wildfires Central US: Tornadoes Eastern US: Hurricanes Northern US: Blizzards Southern US: *Texas*

[@ELITE_SUPREMACY]

*legend has it that kids in tornado alley have built in parachutes in their backpacks*

[@notasoviet1016]

Shhhhhhh, they cant know our secret

[@Thisissilly222]

How’d you find out? That’s private information only for those living in tornado alley.

[@Kaister]

0:21 How is South Africa a hotspot on this map? We never get tornadoes here. Edit: We have suddenly had 3 tornadoes within the last 3 weeks after an abnormally dry period.

[@KingAgniKai]

Yeah when I lived in Joburg I've never heard of it happening

[@KingAgniKai]

I have never heard of tornados forming anywhere in Africa tbh

[@zzz01f]

Same with Argentina

[@knocknapeasta]

Same with Australia / Tasmania

[@voidface8827]

Same with Denmark...Pretty sure we’ve never had one

[@persikii8020]

The first person to study Tornado, Vox and didies* was Da Vinci. He was obsessed how these phenomenal happened.

[@oo-gg6yo]

1:28 "In the heart of tornado alley" unless a heart is in your leg, then I highly doubt that.

[@scottrainey2375]

nah its just somebody hanging upside down facing the other way. like how you'd end up if a tornado got you

[@kafazyshorthop9909]

Geographically, no it's not the heart. But Oklahoma holds the record for strongest and widest tornados to ever touch down world wide. So I can see why they would say that.

[@redtpc8194]

Man you are atupid

[@del751]

Kafazy ShortHop actually texas does

[@amcuevas]

@@del751 nope! May 3rd, 1999, Moore, OK and South OKC. The only tornado in recorded history that could have been an F6, and the highest measured wind speed ever recorded on earth (including Antarctica.) The wind speed measuring device broke at 301 mph, which was the top-end of the F5 scale. Also, poor Moore. They really are the heart of tornado alley with how often they get hit and how badly it is.

[@Zerohhhd]

3:10 Well, I found out how Supercell got its name.

[@arrowpictures2844]

When am i gonna get my stimulus check?

[@katiedouglas9175]

Feel like as an alabamian there’s parts of the south that are just as active as tornado alley

[@CoreyFielden]

Unfortunately Dixie Alley is less “popular” I suppose you’d say because you guys generally have rain wrapped tornadoes in high precipitation storms where as tornado alley seems to be low precipitation most of the time thus providing more “picturesque” tornadoes

[@KQueen39]

I have had this question since I was a teenager and saw world news and US pop culture. Why are there so many tornadoes there and now I finally understand. Thanks Vox!!!

[@mariananolasco2801]

being from another country, it honestly feels like tornadoes are exclusive to the US 😂 also same thing with aliens for some reason they only "visit" the US lol

[@RejectedInch]

lucky you, after all ignorance is bliss. I was born and raise in EU country and i had to witness 2 tornadoes, between F1 and F2 grade.

[@Cinnamontoastcrunch1029]

@@RejectedInch I’m from the u.s and I’ve never seen a tornado which is ironic. Honestly my state has no natural disasters besides haboobs once like every 5 years and 110+ degree heat in the summer

[@lulub517]

Here is Australia we get excessive bush fires, the ones in 2020 were so severe they caused fire tornadoes (known as fire whirls mostly) which we often get when the fire conditions are so severe.

[@mariananolasco2801]

@@RejectedInch i’m thankful i’ve never been through one although I’ve been through like 6 hurricanes. I’m from Cancun!

[@mariananolasco2801]

@@lulub517 wow this is so scary

[@maxsteele3686]

I think Bangladesh is also situated in a tornado alley too, I’ve heard that they’ve had such deadly tornado outbreaks that it rivals the US. Plus the living conditions there are really crowded and densely packed with homes that are essentially shacks, so they just don’t stand a chance when it’s a particularly deadly season

[@haumea4518]

Marylander here! We actually get tornado warnings a surprising amount, despite being pretty far from tornado alley! Mad respect to those that live there and get tornadoes constantly!

[@Niaaal]

Thank you for the well presented information

[@hugomatos6099]

0:24 I like how politely the tornados ignore Spain.

[@sarahkendle7564]

I must have been in Spain when the whole of Europe got hit by 300 tornadoes!

[@spartan7911]

Spain gets tornadoes, but not as many as Italy

[@thefootballplanet5784]

Haha yes

[@napoleonibonaparte7198]

Somewhere in Nowhere... *Eustace!? EUSTACE?!*

[@mohammedsarker5756]

Napoleon I Bonaparte man of culture

[@donokasino325]

Napoleon I Bonaparte man, this brings me a lot of nostalgic

[@michealcorleone2000]

nah. Another courage the cowardly dog nostalgia

[@legitme7572]

Childhood 😔💕

[@icpman16]

i loved watching courage the cowardly dog great times

[@bluemeannie]

I heard a woman on the bus saying “Did you see that torpedo last night?”

[@Mopsspoof]

Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba is basically Canada’s tornado alley. The cold, dry air from The Northwest Territories, the warm humid air from BC and the dense humid air from The Rocky Mountains. The Plains over in Central Canada and Western Canada has warm dry air, the area conjures up major storms at least every year on June 5th - June 14th, these are the days of which the most severe storms start during the beginning of Summer at least to my knowledge (I live in Alberta, Canada), the Gulf Of Mexico’s very warm and moist air sometimes carries up into Central Canada but it’s not always, and the strong draft of air seems to come from 3 different parts, Hudson’s Bay, BC, NWT and a bit from The Gulf Of Mexico.

[@timsvea5980]

My earliest memory as a child was a tornado going over our house while we huddled and prayed in the basement. We remained unharmed, if not a bit shaken.

[@glowinqlu]

Oml that’s terrifying 😩

[@rimmipeepsicles1870]

To put it short, steamy wind+desert wind+icy wind=killer spinny wind

[@PoolGyall5441]

I live in California and have never experience one but to be honest I don’t think I want to so I’ll stay put 😂

[@glowinqlu]

Same, I used to be so scared of them I thought they happened in cali but they don’t really.

[@amcuevas]

Small ones aren't bad, tbh. It's when they're EF3 or higher that you need to be worried. I live in Kansas and I always see at least one a year, but I've only ever had 2 bad ones hit my city. Honestly, earthquakes are more dangerous.

[@jakesvlogs2444]

Japan: HOLD MY EARTHQUAKE Philippines: WHERE'S MY TYPHOON

[@ThisIsTechToday]

Ah, I love tornados! Great video, Kim and team! Really interesting :)

[@West3720]

You just helped me with my meteorology homework. Thank you!

[@jeremyjw]

i always assumed the US didn't have more tornadoes we just didn't have as much tracking data for the rest of the world

[@qamarpasha2818]

I expected a small tornado in the room when they used the fans but to my surprise *I'm disappointed*

[@SiradanBirKanal51]

1 year before we see it tornado in turkey(antalya city) it's first time tornado in turkey (sorry for bad english)

[@mohammadnoor8429]

Last year we saw a tornado in Antalya, Turkey. It was the first time we had a tornado in Turkey. *Fixed it for you :)

[@spartan7911]

@@mohammadnoor8429 I saw a tornado in Greece up in Chalkidiki (Northern Macedonia).

[@orhunaltug8430]

Last month there was a tornado in Büyükçekmece,İstanbul

[@doofenshmirtzevilincorpora7809]

4:58 *woah! Wow! That took me as surprise! Wasn't expecting such a beautiful face to show up in this video! ❣*

[@abbieq11]

That’s really cool. I’m glad I learned about it. Thanks, Vox!

[@MatthewDoel32]

1:03 Finally, something Alaska and Rhode Island have in common.

[@PremierCCGuyMMXVI]

Remember, a clash of Cold Dry air from Canada and Hot Humid Air from the golf of Mexico over the Midwest along a cold front and the jet stream is really good for tornado development pretty simple!

[@ethangreenberg8712]

Tornado development isn't that simple because it depends on many factors. For instance, you can have unstable air and minimal wind shear which would lead to weak thunderstorms. A strong jet stream doesn't guarantee that directional shear will be present, unidirectional winds aren't particularly favorable for tornadoes. Finally, tornado development depends on storm mode or put more simply what type of storms form. Isolated supercells along a dry line are much more likely to produce tornadoes than a strongly forced squall line along a cold front. Storm mode depends on wind shear, instability, the amount of forcing, and the amount of inhibition to rising air. A strong jet stream leading to winds which are parallel to the front or a localized boundary leads to a clustered or linear storm mode which isn't particularly favorable for tornadoes. Remember, this video presents a very simplified explanation which talks about the big picture but doesn't address the small scale details which can make or break a tornado.

[@PremierCCGuyMMXVI]

Ethan Greenberg true

[@chrisward6738]

your videos always make me wonder how can this be free. Great job, guys.

[@Dmnck16]

watching here after what happened in Kentucky subscriber here from 🇵🇭

[@katehansen5127]

Typically tornado alley also extends a bit into areas of southern prairie Canada. My aunt’s house was completely destroyed by one this time last year

[@ragestorms1942]

Technically there are three tornado alleys

[@thomash226]

Northeastern U.S is really peaceful, just the occasional snow storm.

[@ragestorms1942]

I don't know how far Northeast you are I'm in Ohio I have seen plenty of Ohio tornadoes

[@kevintan6490]

that's why move to Singapore where you are shielded from all sorts of disasters including tornadossss

[@griffinwade-salay4098]

Why did you write 3 extra s

[@Ali80076]

until a tsunami hits and wipes it off the planet or rising sea levels sink it . . .

[@loremasterdoge6450]

Tornado Recipe: 1 Thunderstorm (must be warm and moist also uplifting) 1 Jet Stream 1 supercell Boom now you have your tornado

[@Cruznick06]

I'm in Nebraska and I have seen two tornadoes and been far too close to many more. It's just part of life here.

[@SanestTetoFan443]

4:14 FINALLY SOMEONE MENTIONS RS(Rio Grande do Sul)TORNADO ALLEY! i dont even like in RS, but i have a friend that lives there, and they experienced a tornado back in 2022 or something, i think it was an ef3 or ef2. Im glad someone took notice!

[@CnekYT]

Canada is having a tornado outbreak right now.

[@isabelladiaz6547]

Where?

[@benom1712]

@@isabelladiaz6547 in canada

[@narda1072]

@@benom1712 lol.

[@Mandiepink1]

Cnek which provinces? I live in Alberta haven’t heard about any.

[@eliad6543]

The area north of the Great Lakes?

[@blueman1904]

I was surprised that western part of Bangladesh, my home nation, gets tornadoes. We often get cyclones.

[@ragestorms1942]

Bangladesh is the home of the world's most deadly tornado

[@ragestorms1942]

@StuckDucks look up the Birmingham tornado

[@catlover70]

When I was little my family once wanted to move to the US and I was scared, I told them that I was afraid of the tornadoes there. Lol

[@morgancashman4132]

Anyone here after Nashville? 🙏 God Bless all those people in Nashville and others who have had tornados.

[@h.j.hatcher6265]

Always enjoy pretty much everything you guys put out on vids. Look forward into watching

[@joshhiary7060]

You know it's bad, when your watching this and living in Nebraska

[@impatrickt]

I read the title as "tomatoes" and I was so confused at first.

[@helveticaimproper4191]

“Get out humans THIS IS OUR LAND”

[@James-2248]

What?

[@russbear31]

I live in Tornado Alley. I think think the area between central Nebraska and central Oklahoma is probably Ground Zero for the worst tornadoes. (That's where I live.) This area probably sees more EF-5's than anywhere. The video explains why here (1:40). This area gets the hot, moist air from the Gulf of Mexico along with the cooler, dry air from Canada. When these air systems hit, bam! You get a massive killer tornado.

[@jektonoporkins5025]

I grew up on the Arkansas/Oklahoma border. On my 5th birthday an F3 tornado struck my neighborhood. I remember my dad snatching me up out of my bed and literally tossing me into a closet. He grew up in West Kansas so he knew what was going on. The neighborhood legend is that he ran around the blocks in his tightie-whities yelling "TURN THE WATER OFF!" while the tornado was bearing down. He ended up getting glass embedded in his head which he had to have surgically removed. I also remember waking up and looking at where our front wall was supposed to be and going "Oh, the wall is gone." We had to move in with my grandparents while our house was being repaired. So that's my tornado experience, hopefully I don't have to live through another one.

[@TheGobblersGetback]

Don't see how Missouri was left out of the main part of Tornado Alley. Had some of the worst recorded. The Joplin,MO Tornadoes most recent years.

[@kayleyschurman8638]

Yeah, I remember that day and the weeks after. It was so horrible.

[@TheGobblersGetback]

@@kayleyschurman8638 yes, rode past it a couple years after it happened, and it still looked obliterated. I think they've recovered for the most part.

[@QuietClouds]

I read the title as tomatoes and I was really confused

[@QuietClouds]

amit kumar amm That actually may be true I love tomatoes

[@kathatesthis1422]

When you live in central Kansas and have seen flying cows

[@fabionurmagomedov]

F

[@natalieeuley1734]

I like how at 1:05 you can see how bad Florida and Alabama also are, even worse than SD that they highlight, but they aren't even mentioned lol

[@daithijcooney1738]

vox educating me on stuff i didn’t even know i needed

[@raituano849]

My gf is from Kansas and I’m canadian😂 she’s not faze with how the weather is there unlike me😂 but couldn’t stand -30 weather here in Canada

[@Sixskin2838]

2:58 how to make Americans understand

[@thunderturtle347]

True

[@Ryan-wd8im]

i live in colorado. i didnt know it was apart of tornado ally. im telling my parents to move now, tornados are very deadly, even ef-0's

[@kenlucero3651]

Now that was very well explained and presented

[@swimmingpigeon7034]

I live in the northeast, and I’ve seen one tornado in my life. But boy is there blizzards and hurricanes.

I read: "Why the US has so many tomatoes"....

[@Amuppet]

"In the heart of tornado alley", more like the feet...

[@BrainsApplied]

*I want more sharknadoes!*

[@georgi.rushkov]

See that's a nice and informative video with NO politics it it! Keep those videos going.

[@WeShareTheSameAir]

I saw politics in it; the part with the cole slaw stain on the ruffled pirate shirt?!?

[@georgi.rushkov]

@@WeShareTheSameAir lol

[@georgi.rushkov]

@@WeShareTheSameAir what i meant was like the previous video about the southern US border

[@WeShareTheSameAir]

@@georgi.rushkov Ooohhh, well keep on rollin' brother.

[@Jakevrana]

Nice, easy to understand video. Thank you

[@ryanfranklin2070]

You forgot to talk about the much more violent Dixie alley, they have more tornadoes than tornado calley per year

[@AxeltheD]

300 tornadoes in Europe per year? I've never seen one in my entire life except for some small waterhoses in the north sea. Nothing worth calling a tornado. Would like to see the source of that statistic...

[@nunomartins2209]

In europe they start and go away in 20 minutes, very small

[@eliad6543]

Just because you've never seen one doesn't mean there aren't any, some people live in the US and have never seen one either. Remember than tornadoes can also be very small and short lived.

[@AxeltheD]

@@eliad6543 That's why I wanted to see the source of the statistic

[@spartan7911]

@@eliad6543 Good point, I live in Houston, Texas. Harris county gets the second most tornadoes in the U.S. (228 total since 1950), yet I have never seen one.

[@Cicadicsaint204]

A few minutes in and people out here making sh***y puns.

[@tefikrasimovic9046]

Uncool:-(

[@MrunalKapadia]

This was informative ! Can the team at Vox also please make a video on ever increasing cyclones that are now forming every year in Arabian Sea & Bay of Bengal - hitting Indian subcontinent, I would really love to see Vox's insights on this one...

[@garybettes]

You need to extend the barrier a few states to the east. Missouri and some southeastern states see far more than Nebraska and Colorado at times