FORGET THE GHOSTS you’ve seen in scary movies.

The most terrifying things in life are scary because they can really happen – like tornadoes.

Yep, the most frightening thing about tornadoes – defined as a violently rotating columns of air in contact with both the earth and a cloud – is that they can and do wreak havoc in real life.

1. They can reach up to 300 miles per hour

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2. Tornadoes that form in dry environments can be nearly invisible

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3. Tornadoes have been known to cross major rivers, climb mountains and affect valleys

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4. 59,036 tornadoes touched down in American between 1950 and 2013

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5. America has more tornadoes that any other country in the world

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6. Scientists do not fully understand how tornadoes form

Which means they can strike without warning.

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In what is sure to be this summer’s biggest and best blockbuster, Into The Storm, the town of Silverton is ravaged by an unprecedented onslaught of tornadoes. What happens when a town is at the mercy of the weather? Find out this Friday the 22nd of August. #intothestorm