It's been almost two years since the March 2023 tornado destroyed Little Rock Fire Station 9. Now, work is underway to ...

A tornado swept through a swath of Tennessee, killing a mother and daughter and injuring at least three other people as it ...

“There is a rotation caused by very strong wind shear and a very hot, localized low-pressure system,” she said. Fire tornados can make fires stronger by sucking up air, Carvalho said. “It creates a ...

Fire tornadoes, also known as fire whirls ... Wildfires produce a lot of heat, which causes the air above them to rise rapidly. As this hot air moves upward, cooler air from the surrounding ...

“There is a rotation caused by very strong wind shear and a very hot, localized low-pressure system,” she said. What is a fire tornado capable of? Fire tornadoes can make fires stronger by ...

Fire tornadoes, a rare phenomenon, can make wildfires stronger by sucking up air and creating tornado tracks. In 2018, a fire tornado near Redding, California, killed a firefighter and caused winds up ...

There is a rotation caused by very strong wind shear and a very hot, localized low-pressure system, she said. Fire tornados can make fires stronger by sucking up air, Carvalho said. It creates a ...

Wildfires continue to rage across the Los Angeles region. The largest blaze, the Palisades Fire, has burned approximately 24,000 acres. The Eaton Fire has consumed over 14,000 acres. As of the ...

“There is a rotation caused by very strong wind shear and a very hot, localized low-pressure system,” she said. Fire tornadoes can make fires stronger by sucking up air, Carvalho said.

Scientists later described an ice-capped cloud that reached 7 miles (11 km) into the air and caused winds up to 143 mph (230 kph). Research also suggests fire tornadoes can carry airborne embers ...