A spinning fire vortex spotted on video Friday among the flames in a raging Pacific Palisades wildfire looks similar to a tornado, but scientists are still examining whether it was a rare fire ...

Tornadoes form when air, blowing in different directions, rises up in a thunderstorm and begins to spin, according to the National Center for Atmospheric Research. The storm dissipated late Friday ...

Tornadoes form when air, blowing in different directions, rises up in a thunderstorm and begins to spin, according to the National Center for Atmospheric Research. The storm dissipated late Friday ...

“It can change and maybe go in a different direction.” The interaction between wind, the fire plume and topography determines whether a tornado will develop, he said. For example, sometimes a ...

A Feb. 21-22, 1971 outbreak claimed 121 lives from Texas to North Carolina, the deadliest February rash of tornadoes in ...