Storm chaser Tim Samaras snapped this tornado tearing across south-central Kansas in 2004. He likens the sound of a tornado to the rush of a powerful waterfall. T. SamarasTim Samaras holds one of the “turtle” probes that he designed to record the pressure, wind speed and other conditions inside tornadoes.
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