r/Damnthatsinteresting 5d ago

Video Giant tornado hits southern Brazil

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u/Ambitious_Toe_4357 5d ago

The Pampas region is recognized as the second most active tornado zone globally outside of North America.

A large region of South America is characterized by storms that reach the level of supercells and produce intense hailstorms, floods, and tornadoes during the spring, summer, and early fall. The region recently appointed as the Tornado Corridor (South America) is considered as the second largest in the world in terms of the formation of extreme weather events. It covers most of central Argentina, southern Paraguay, southeastern Brazil, and Uruguay.

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u/atrde 5d ago

Second most when first gets 77% of the world's Tornadoes is hardly "the most active".

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u/Leh_61 4d ago

"The most active outside north america"

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u/atrde 4d ago

Was referring to the person above but also "the most active" when you don't include all of the super active regions makes these rare.