On May 16, 2025, an EF-4 tornado tore across three Kentucky counties, causing catastrophic damage and leaving 20 people dead.

A fire tornado formed during the Park Fire on Thursday. In the video by AlertCalifornia, you can see the tornado grow larger and larger as it twists and rips through the forest at Platte Mountain.

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Smoke billowed in what appeared to be a fire tornado Thursday evening in the Park Fire, according to footage from UC San Diego’s AlertCalifornia live camera feed. Cal Fire and the National ...

and opted to issue a fire tornado warning around the Loyalton Fire. It was burning in the Klamath National Forest in Lassen County, Calif. Multiple intense fire tornadoes touched down and were ...

Even if no one confirms a fire tornado, that doesn't mean there wasn't one, Swain said. "It's kind of like a tree falling in the forest. If no one was there to see it happen, that doesn't mean it ...

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 ...

"Fire tornado" is the latest entrant on 2020's list ... according to the Tahoe National Forest. "This is a very similar process to what we'd see in the thunderstorm where you'd get these rising ...

Quickly, the Forest Service started to fold bigger aircraft ... Unbeknownst to the pilots circling overhead, a fire tornado had formed nearby, brought to life by a confluence of atmospheric ...

FOX 11 Los Angeles/YouTube A "fire tornado" was spotted among the flames raging Los Angeles. In video footage captured by Fox 11 on Friday, Jan. 10, viewers were able to see swirling winds ...

Wildfires can generate tornado-like fire whirls and other "unpredictable and erratic" weather. An atmospheric scientist explains how. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...