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by hwbehrens 880 days ago
Just as a frame of reference, the most severe typhoon to directly hit Taipei seems to be Typhoon Morakot, which recorded wind speeds of 150 km/h (90 mph). The most severe tornado to hit Oklahoma seems to be from 1999, in which wind reached 484 km/h (301 mph).
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another important point, typhoons are very big, so wind blows against a building in one direction. Tornadoes are very small, and would push on a skyscraper in multiple directions in the rare event that it hits a skyscraper and doesnt immediately dissolve due to lack of airflow. Airflow from multiple directions would mostly cancel out.