Like most things in life, the longer a tornado lasts, the more damage it will do. According to NOAA, "most tornadoes last less than" how many minutes?

The average tornado lasts less than 10 minutes, which is a good thing. The longer a tornado spins, the more damage it can do to the land below. It's hard to know what the longest-lasting tornado is because sometimes they're a series of tornadoes and not just one. The average distance tornadoes travel is about 3-1/2 miles. This is based on data collected since about 1950.

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