What other kinds of damages are caused by the suction power of a tornado?
10. What is the general appearance of a path left by a tornado? A tornado can leave a path of destruction similar in many ways to the devastation caused by a heavy demolition squad. If the tornado has passed over a city or town, the wreckage of houses, furniture, and vehicles is strewn throughout the path, some- times piled several feet deep, while only 10 or 15 feet away, outside the path, objects have been undisturbed by the destructive winds. Buildings have been exploded and demolished by tornadoes, leaving strewn wreckage of broken boards, shattered glass, cracked concrete, and twisted pipes. Large trees have been torn up by their roots, twisted and shattered. Automobiles have been rolled over and crushed like toys. Trains have been pushed over and the track torn up. Few people survive if they are caught in the open by a tornado. Sometimes freak incidents save their lives, but usually anyone in the direct path of the storm is killed. The path of a tornado can be easily traced throu
