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Subatomic particles called muons could measure pressure changes in supercell thunderstorms and the twisters they kick up.

Firenados form because of conditions on the ground ... This is a "firenado," or fire tornado. It formed out of wildfires in Arganil, Portugal. Firenados are swirling columns of fire, but they ...

Fire tornadoes (or firenadoes) form due to two key factors. One factor is the combustion process that creates fire and releases large amounts heat. This heat release creates an updraft.

Scientists know a lot more about how tornadoes form and work today than they did for much of the 20th century, said BBC Earth. But why some thunderstorms create "violent" twisters and others don't ...

These swirling columns of fire and ash look like tornadoes but they form differently from regular tornadoes that develop along the base of thunderstorms. Wildfires produce a lot of heat ...

This rotation helps to produce severe weather events such as large hail, strong downbursts and tornadoes. Supercells usually form isolated from other thunderstorms because it allows the storm more ...

With these powerful systems, tornadoes can form, touch down and dissipate very quickly. "We saw that in Athens." While the late winter and spring portions of severe weather season gets the most ...

Very unsettled weather conditions help tornadoes form as part of severe thunderstorms but many conditions are needed for them to form. The Met Office says that when the conditions occur ...

Video footage from Friday shows a rotating inferno surrounded by smoke in the Pacific Palisades fire that has devastated the LA area.

The European Storm Forecast Experiment has also said there is a risk of tornadoes forming in the UK and issued a level 2 warning for the south, “mainly for severe wind gusts with a few tornado events ...