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.

A rare high-altitude tornado touched down in Pike National Forest near Divide in Teller County Tuesday, downing trees and ...

"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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

Mosquitoes and other bugs buzz around inside the Cave City home of Janet and Max Mize, slipping in behind the blue tarps that were once windows and a roof.

The tornado went through portions of the Hoosier National Forest (HNF), including the Wesley ... removed on March 15 by HNF staff and local fire departments. Other trails in the HNF's northern ...

The storms were part of a weather system on Friday that killed 19 people in Kentucky, seven in Missouri and at least one ...