Tornado Struck In West Bengal:
A deadly tornado struck in West Bengal and killed five people and injured over a 100.
- An increasing number of tornadoes have formed across India and caused destruction.
- A warming Bay of Bengal and land, along with anomalous wind patterns could be a reason behind this.
- A tornado is a violently rotating column of air that extends from a cumulonimbus cloud to the Earth’s surface.
- It forms during severe thunderstorms.
- Unlike cyclones which are large-scale weather systems, tornadoes are local and short-lived.
- The formation of a tornado involves a complex interaction between a supercell (a long-lived thunderstorm with a deep, persistently rotating updraft) and the environment.
- Wind shear (changes in wind speed and direction with height) plays a crucial role in creating the necessary conditions for tornado development.
- Tornadoes are more likely to occur in regions where warm, moist air near the surface interacts with cooler, drier air aloft.
