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

Vast majority of houses in tornado alley won’t be hit by tornadoes, so cost is usually the determining factor still. No armor is best armor.