Hurricanes vs. Tornadoes vs. You

Nature has a thousand ways to kill you. Wind, earthquake, volcano, drought, flood, fire--you name the place and choose the form of destruction, and nature has an unequivocal way to show who's boss.

In North America, warm weather brings disaster by air--by hurricane and tornado. Tornadoes can strike anytime, but occur most frequently in spring and early summer. Hurricanes hit from June through November. Both are awesome forms of windpower that represent nature at its fiercest.

But which is meaner? Which is deadlier? Which is the baddest atmospheric force on Earth? We matched them head-to-head and broke them down with some scientific facts to see which is the true king of disaster in the sky.

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