Why are houses made of wood rather than concrete in the tornado zones in the USA?

Question

Honestly, every year we hear about houses getting destroyed by tornados (and people getting buried under). They seem to be mostly wooden houses. So, why not build concrete houses, atleast in the high risk disaster prone areas?

In: 1750

Answer 1

An EF-5 tornado, is the most powerful and destructive tornado on the Fujita scale, which is a scale used to measure the strength of tornadoes based on the damage they cause. EF-5 tornadoes are characterized by wind speeds in excess of over 200 miles per hour (322 kilometers per hour).

Regardless of material used to construct a structure, sustained winds of 200 mph or is just too much too much for even concrete to withstand.