This article is a list of tornadoes that have impacted the central business district (downtown or city center) of a large city (that is, one having at least 50,000 people, not counting suburbs or outlying communities, at the time of the storm).

2021年10月25日 · Tornado strikes in major metropolitan areas are only less common because the vast amount of rural landscape in the U.S. far surpasses the nation’s limited urban footprint.

First, it's important to note that tornadoes have indeed hit cities and the damage has been truly terrible. Oklahoma City, for example, was hit by an EF5 tornado (that's the strongest tornado on the Fujita tornado scale) in May 1999, leaving $1 billion of damage and 36 people dead in the city and suburbs [source: CNN].

2008年3月21日 · The glib answer for why tornadoes don't strike urban areas that often is: Cities are small. If you take a look at Google Maps and see what percentage of the U.S. urban and suburban areas cover,...

A Tornado is a narrow, violently rotating column of air that extends from the base of a thunderstorm to the ground and is visible only if it forms a condensation funnel made up of water droplets, dust, and debris.

2024年11月4日 · Severe storms and tornadoes battered Oklahoma early Sunday, tossing cars and ripping roofs off buildings in the middle of the night and leaving tens of thousands of homes and businesses without...

2019年5月31日 · Though rare, tornadoes have hit big cities. In 1999, a strong tornado blew through Salt Lake City, causing one death and at least 81 injuries. In 2000, a tornado struck downtown Fort Worth,...

2023年5月1日 · A tornado touched down in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, on Saturday as a powerful storm system brought intense rain and powerful winds to the state, overturning cars, damaging homes and snapping tree branches.

2022年6月24日 · Increasingly common extreme storms are wreaking havoc in cities, putting the lives of millions of people at risk. Phenomena like tornados, for example, generate devastating losses each year all around the world, particularly in the United States. Can architecture combat their effects? WHAT IS A TORNADO?

Though generally associated with the central United States, tornadoes occasionally occur in New York City. Such events can occur with little or no warning. Tornadoes are typically caused by powerful thunderstorms, or sometimes accompany tropical storms and hurricanes.