Question

Why are hurricanes considered more damaging than tornadoes when tornados have stronger winds? a. Hurricanes only strike coastlines while tornados strike coasts and inland. b. Hurricanes also cause flooding and occur over a broader area. c. Tornadoes move more slowly than hurricanes. d. Tornadoes only occur inland, away from coastlines.

Answer 1

Hurricanes are considered more damaging than tornadoes because they cause not only strong winds but also widespread flooding, affecting larger and possibly more densely populated areas.

Step-by-step explanation:

While tornadoes do have stronger winds, hurricanes are considered more damaging than tornadoes for several reasons.

Option b is correct: Hurricanes cause flooding and impact a much broader area compared to tornadoes.

Hurricanes develop over warm ocean waters and can result in heavy rains, strong winds, and storm surges as they move over land.

These conditions can lead to extensive flooding, infrastructure damage, and they affect large regions which can be densely populated.

Whereas tornadoes have a narrow path of destruction and typically affect smaller areas.

The vast scale of a hurricane's impact, along with the potential for widespread flooding, contributes to its higher damage potential.

Answer 2

Well,

We call something damaging when it affects us humans. In that sense, then, hurricanes that occur far away from the coastlines would not be considered "damaging."

Option A would not support the argument.
Option D would not support the argument either.

We know that hurricanes cause flooding (because they occur near the coastlines) and that they are (hundreds of times) bigger than tornadoes, so Option B is correct.