Causes And Effects Of The Joplin Tornado

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People ran from their cars and houses to get away from the Joplin tornado. In these three paragraphs you will learn about the causes, main event, and effects. The cause will tell you what made the tornado and what will do if it went faster. The main event will read to you that facts and what I think about it. Finally the last one is effects that tells you what happens after the horrible event. Winds rushed through the west county from the joplin tornado.The winds were going about 200 hundred miles per hour.If the tornado goes to fast it can cause more damage to Joplin.It took about five seconds to take down a building.Maybe people were in these buildings or houses.It was a EF-5 on power and intensity. The power can carry cars and then throw

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