For most of my life I've lived in places that get tornadoes. I've been up close and personal with two and I don't want to make it 3. Recently I've been wondering about tornadoes in other parts of the world. I never hear about them. I lived in Germany for 5 years and never once recall a tornado warning. It seems likely that they do occur other places, but I am surprised that that I don't know for sure.
So I looked it up.
Every continent except Antarctica has them. Here is a link to Wikipedia's list of European ones. At least the worst ones.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_European_tornadoes_and_tornado_outbreaks
I guess they have them, we just seem to have more. The US has about 1000 tornadoes a year. Due to the size of the nation the UK has a higher percentage of land covered by tornadic activity.
Information about tornadoes
http://www.nssl.noaa.gov/edu/safety/tornadoguide.html
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