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As the saying goes, it's not the fall that kills you; it's the landing. People who are picked up by tornadoes are likely to strike the ground with a signficant amount of force when they fall back down, often causing serious injury or death. In addtion a person caught in a tornado in any sort of structure is liket to be hit by flying debris. Most deaths in tornadoes are caused by debris, not from being picked up.

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