Editing Cyclone (section)

===Tornado===
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A tornado is a violently rotating column of air that is in contact with both the surface of the earth and a cumulonimbus cloud or,<ref>{{cite web |title=Tornado Basics |url=https://www.nssl.noaa.gov/education/svrwx101/tornadoes/ |website=NOAA National Severe Storms Laboratory |access-date=13 January 2021 |language=EN-US |archive-date=31 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180831211732/https://www.nssl.noaa.gov/education/svrwx101/tornadoes/ |url-status=live }}</ref> in rare cases, the base of a cumulus cloud. Also referred to as twisters, a colloquial term in America, or cyclones, although the word cyclone is used in meteorology, in a wider sense, to name any closed low-pressure circulation.