A tornado broke out in Suzhou, Wuhan! Seven people were killed and more than 200 injured. How does a tornado form?

At 20:00 on May 14, a tornado event broke out in Wuhan City. The locations were the Yanshan area of ​​Caidian District and the Junshan area of ​​Wuhan Economic Development Zone. According to statistics, the level of this tornado was It reached level 9 and the wind speed reached an astonishing 23.9 meters/second. Under the influence of this tornado, some houses in the local villages hit by the tornado were damaged, and a large number of trees were broken. According to statistics from relevant departments, as of the afternoon of that day, the tornado incident had killed six people and injured more than 200 people. In addition to the tornado in Wuhan, a tornado also occurred in Shengze Town, Suzhou City, Jiangsu Province on the same day. Affected by the tornado, some local power facilities and many houses were damaged to some extent. According to relevant statistics, this tornado caused one death, two serious injuries, and 19 minor injuries.

So, speaking of which, how do tornadoes form?

Under normal circumstances, if there are cumulonimbus clouds in the sky, and these cumulonimbus clouds are extremely large, there will be high and low pressure conditions inside these cumulonimbus clouds, and The difference in wind direction between high pressure and low pressure is quite large. In such a situation, a rapidly rotating air tube is formed.

Generally speaking, the air tubes in cumulonimbus clouds are tilted and constantly rotating, so that more and more airflow will enter them, eventually forming a giant air tube. . The giant air tube is not a tornado yet. When the giant air tube continues to grow, it lands on the ground. In this case, a tornado is formed. So, this is how tornadoes form.

In short, the occurrence of tornadoes requires certain conditions, which are essentially caused by the instability of the internal air pressure of huge cumulonimbus clouds. In daily life, tornadoes are very destructive. When we encounter a tornado, we must pay attention to protecting ourselves.