There were oohs and aahs all around Friday afternoon in Kevin Bingham’s chemistry classroom at Citrus High School as his “Chem 2” students treated four pre-K classes from nearby Inverness ...

Less harsh winds have made it possible for firefighters to more easily fight the fires, AcuWeather reported. There was no major fire outbreak in Los Angeles on Wednesday and most of the red flag ...

Israeli police dispersing protesters against the cease-fire deal in Jerusalem on Thursday. Peter van Agtmael for The New York Times Israelis checking news updates in Tel Aviv. Avishag Shaar-Yashuv ...

Fire whirl, fire devil, fire tornado or even firenado — scientists, firefighters and regular folks use multiple terms to describe similar phenomena, and they don’t always agree on what’s what.

where a massive fire tornado was observed with winds reaching 143 mph, equivalent to an EF-3 tornado. This fire tornado was tracked on Doppler radar, uprooted trees, and remained on the ground for ...

Wildfires pose various threats, one being what is called a fire tornado. A fire tornado, also called a firenado, results from a wildfire burning particularly hot during strong winds, which can ...

15, 2025, in Worcester, Mass. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty) This image taken from video released by Cal Fire shows a fire tornado over Lake Keswick Estates, on July 26, 2018, near Redding, Calif. (Cal ...