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Photo Gallery: Tornadoes
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Photo: Tornado funnel seen in Manitoba
Photo: Tornado funnel seen in ManitobaPhoto: Rare mother ship cloud formation moves across Texas panhandlePhoto: Lightning and dark clouds over a prairie foretell a possible tornadoPhoto: Tornado in gray stormy skyPhoto: Heavy dark clouds foretell a possible tornado near an old homesteadPhoto: Impending tornado darkens the sky
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A tightly wound tornado funnel twists through open prairie in Manitoba, Canada. Tornadoes are pillars of rapidly rotating air that develop in tall, dense cumuliform clouds that are associated with thunderstorms and bad weather.
Photograph by Richard Olsenius

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