Frequent tornados in north western Europe  Could someone back up this claim which appears in the very opening sentences of this article   Tornados rarely occur above  degrees latitude and are most frequently observed in the US China India and Bangladesh But here in northwestern Europe tornados occur only very rarely as far as I know For example here in the Netherlands the last whirlwind that could be classified as a tornado occured some  years ago Unless this claim gets some credible backup I say it is best removed