That's the bottom end of the windspeed of an F1 (weakest grade) tornado.
I have no doubt the architecture of choice of people's who lived in the steppe regions of Central Asia, a place where extreme winds are pretty common, would obviously need to be able to handle these winds but it still feels hard to believe that an amateur yurt builder could get one able to withstand a weak tornado on their first build...
The structure seems to be ideal for withstanding winds, the winds would go around the building as it's round rather than rectangular. Seems professionally built yurts commonly can withstand ~220km/h or more, so I don't think it would super farfetched that a amateur built one could withstand half of that.
That's the bottom end of the windspeed of an F1 (weakest grade) tornado.
I have no doubt the architecture of choice of people's who lived in the steppe regions of Central Asia, a place where extreme winds are pretty common, would obviously need to be able to handle these winds but it still feels hard to believe that an amateur yurt builder could get one able to withstand a weak tornado on their first build...