Tornadoes are known as one of the most damaging disasters.

A tornado is a very powerful

column of winds which spirals around a center of low atmospheric pressure. A tornado will look like a
large black funnel which hangs down from a storm cloud.
The winds inside a twister can spin around at speeds up to 500 miles an hour, The forming of a
tornado can be very quick. Sometimes it can form in a minute or less. A tornado can travel across the
ground at high speeds, then it can suddenly vanish. Most tornadoes last less than twenty minutes and
travel less than 15 miles. However, the super storms sometimes travel over 100 miles before they are
exhausted.
Before tornado happens, it has several signal. First, the sky seems dark. Then happen ice rain
around the area, usually 20-25 minutes. After that, the situation will calm, but the sky become darker.
Fourth, cloud moving around the area. Fifth, the sound of tornado heard. At the beginning, the sound like
water fall, but in the process of time it will change until like jet plane which is very loud. A tornado
usually move from southwest to north east.
The process of tornado begin with storm followed by rain, thunder and lightning. When the
temperature of the soil go up, the hot and moist air start to go up too. Then, when warm, the moist and
cold air fill up the dry air. That upraised up, enter to the upper air layer. A thunderbolt cloud begin to
form in this phase. The move of air go up is very fast. Wind from side cause the different direction and
form a very very strong rotation.

Solution :
a. When in danger immediately to a shelter (bunker)
b. If you are inside a building such as homes, office buildings, schools, hospitals, factories,
shopping malls, skyscrapers, then you have to do is head over to the room that had been prepared to face
the situation like a room that is considered the safest , basement, indoor anti-storms, or at the level of the
bottom floor.
If there is no basement, get to the middle of the room on the bottom floor, turn away from the
corner of the room corners, windows, doors, and the outer walls of the building. The more the bulkhead
wall between yourself with the outer wall of the building safely. Take refuge under the table use your
arms to protect your head and neck. Never open the window.
c. If you're in the car, immediately stop and leave your car and look for the nearest shelter as
mentioned above.
d. If you are outdoors and away from the protection, then you have to do is as follows:
1 Tiaraplah at the lowest possible place, nearby waterways or the like while still protecting the
head and neck by using your arms
2 Do not shelter under bridges, overpasses, or the like. You will be safer lying down on a flat and
low
3 Do not ever run away from a tornado by using the vehicle when driving in densely populated
areas or building lot. Immediately leave your vehicle to seek shelter nearby.
4 Be careful of objects blown tornado. It can cause death and serious injury

Tornado dikenal sebagai salah satu bencana yang paling merusak. Tornado adalah kolom yang
sangat kuat dari angin yang spiral sekitar pusat tekanan atmosfer rendah. Sebuah tornado akan terlihat
seperti corong hitam besar yang menggantung dari awan badai.
Angin dalam twister dapat berputar dengan kecepatan hingga 500 kilometer per jam,
Pembentukan tornado bisa sangat cepat. Kadang-kadang dapat terbentuk dalam satu menit atau kurang.
Tornado dapat melakukan perjalanan melintasi tanah pada kecepatan tinggi, maka tiba-tiba bisa
menghilang. Umumnya tornado berlangsung kurang dari dua puluh menit dan perjalanan kurang dari 15
mil. Namun, badai yang super kadang-kadang melakukan perjalanan lebih dari 100 mil sebelum mereka
kelelahan.
Sebelum tornado terjadi, ia memiliki beberapa sinyal. Pertama, langit tampak gelap. Kemudian
terjadi hujan es di seluruh wilayah, biasanya 20-25 menit. Setelah itu, situasi akan tenang, tapi langit
menjadi gelap. Keempat, awan bergerak di seluruh wilayah. Kelima, suara tornado terdengar. Pada
awalnya, suara seperti air jatuh, namun dalam proses waktu yang akan berubah sampai seperti pesawat jet
yang sangat keras. Tornado biasanya bergerak dari barat daya ke utara timur.
Proses tornado dimulai dengan badai yang diikuti oleh hujan, guntur dan kilat. Ketika suhu tanah
naik, awal udara panas dan lembab untuk naik juga. Kemudian, ketika hangat, udara lembab dan dingin
mengisi udara kering. Yang terangkat ke atas, masukkan ke lapisan udara atas. Awan petir mulai
terbentuk pada fase ini. Langkah udara naik sangat cepat. Angin dari sisi menyebabkan arah yang berbeda
dan membentuk rotasi sangat sangat kuat.
a.

Bila dalam keadaan bahaya segeralah ke tempat perlindungan (bunker )

b.
Jika anda berada di dalam bangunan seperti rumah, gedung perkantoran, sekolah, rumah
sakit, pabrik, pusat perbelanjaan, gedung pencakar langit, maka yang anda harus lakukan adalah segera
menuju ke ruangan yang telah dipersiapkan untuk menghadapi keadaan tersebut seperti sebuah ruangan
yang dianggap paling aman, basement, ruangan anti badai, atau di tingkat lantai yang paling bawah.
Bila tidak terdapat basement, segeralah ke tengah tengah ruangan pada lantai terbawah, jauhilah
sudut sudut ruangan, jendela, pintu, dan dinding terluar bangunan. Semakin banyak sekat dinding antara
diri anda dengan dinding terluar gedung semakin aman. Berlindunglah di bawah meja gunakan lengan
anda untuk melindungi kepala dan leher anda. Jangan pernah membuka jendela.
c.
Jika anda berada di dalam mobil, segeralah hentikan dan tinggalkan mobil anda serta
carilah tempat perlindungan yang terdekat seperti yang telah disebutkan di atas.
d.
Jika anda berada di luar ruangan dan jauh dari tempat perlindungan, maka yang anda harus
lakukan adalah sebagai berikut:
1.
Tiaraplah pada tempat yang serendah mungkin, saluran air terdekat atau sejenisnya sambil
tetap melindungi kepala dan leher dengan menggunakan lengan anda
2.
Jangan berlindung di bawah jembatan, jalan layang, atau sejenisnya. Anda akan lebih aman
tiarap pada tempat yang datar dan rendah
3.
Jangan pernah melarikan diri dari angin puting beliung dengan menggunakan kendaraan
bermobil bila di daerah yang berpenduduk padat atau yang bangunannya banyak. Segera tinggalkan
kendaraan anda untuk mencari tempat perlindungan terdekat.
4.
Hati hati terhadap benda benda yang diterbangkan angin puting beliung. Hal ini dapat
menyebabkan kematian dan cedera serius

Lightning is a massive electrostatic discharge between the electrically charged

regions within clouds or between a cloud and the Earth's surface. A lightning, or bolt, can
be several miles long. It is so hot, with an average temperature of 34,000 Centigrade,
that the air around it suddenly expands with a loud blast. This is the thunder we hear
Lightning occurs due to negative charges transfer (electrons) to the positive
charges (protons). Scientists suspect jumps own electric sparks occur, there are several
steps that are usually passed. The first is the compression of electric charge on the cloud
question. Generally, it will accumulate at the top of the cloud is a negative electric
charge; electricity in the middle is positively charged, while at the bottom is the negative
charge that blend in with the positive charge. At the bottom of this ordinary lightning.
Lightning occurs in hot, wet storms. Moist air is driven up to a great height. It forms
a type of cloud called cumulonimbus. When the cloud rises high enough, the moisture
freezes and ice crystals and snowfl akes are formed. These begin to fall, turning to rain on
the way down. This rain meets more moist air rising, and it is the friction between them
which produces static electricity. When a cloud is fully charged with this electricity, it
discharged it as a lightning flash.
Lightning occurs approximately 4050 times a second worldwide, resulting in
nearly 1.4 billion flashes per year. The science of lightning is called fulminology, and the
fear of lightning is called astraphobia