Like, I’ve never heard of a powerful tornado in, say, the UK, Mexico, Japan, or Australia. Most of the textbook tornadoes seem to happen in areas like Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas. By why is this the case? Why do more countries around the world not experience these kinds of storms?
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Because those areas have the right conditions. Cold air coming down from the Rockies mixes with warm, humid air moving up from the Gulf of Mexico. They meet on the flat land in between. That’s an ideal situation for large tornadoes.
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