By
Scott Killinger
October 5, 2012
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Tornados are one of nature's most terrifying and breathtaking forces. The following videos show just how magnificent and destructive they can be. Be advised that some of these clips contain offensive language -- a little swearing is probably understandable when you have a funnel cloud the size of a skyscraper bearing down on you.
Video above: Driving backwards can be challenging enough, but when you're doing it to avoid an oncoming tornado, it adds a whole new level of difficulty.
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When you're driving next to a colossal tornado, why not rock out to the band Buckcherry, right?
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This video is like "The Blair Witch Project" -- except much scarier. No joking around here: The Tuscaloosa-Birmingham tornado killed 65 people in 2011.
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If a tornado is barrelling toward us, we're not sure we'd stick around as long as these guys do. But maybe that's just us. This tornado in Borden, Indiana, was part of a series of violent storms from late February to early March 2012 that killed more than 50 people
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A Dallas news helicopter captured a tornado lifting semi-trailers off the ground and blowing them around like plastic bags. There were 17 confirmed tornadoes in North and Central Texas on this day in April 2012. Amazingly, nobody was killed.
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"How was work today, honey?"
"Oh, okay. We chased a few storms and got trapped inside a tornado. What's for dinner?"
No injuries were associated with this tornado, which roared through Aurora, Neb., on June 17, 2009, damaging a farmhouse, crops and train.
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Seeing a tornado is incredible enough, but seeing one form before your eyes must be downright spectacular. What's even more amazing about this 2007 tornado? No injuries were reported.
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This is some of the most beautiful footage of a tornado you'll ever see. At times, it seems more like a painting than a video.
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What could possibly be more intimidating and frightening than a tornado? How about a tornado that's on fire?Thankfully, fire tornadoes typically die out after a few minutes.
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This video is titled Train vs. Tornado. Spoiler alert: The tornado wins. This January 2008 tornado blew through northern Illinois, injuring five people, levelling buildings and uprooting trees. Fortunately, nobody was killed in the accident.
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Just a little "DUST DEVIL" but really cool
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