Ball Lightning Imagine seeing a glowing sphere floating through the sky during a thunderstorm. That's ball lightning, a ...

But Daniel Swain, a climate scientist at UCLA, told USA TODAY that it instead appears to be an example of a fire whirl, which is “more akin to a dust devil than a tornado” and is less severe.

The advisory, which runs into Wednesday, didn’t mention tornadoes, but meteorologist Todd Hall said they're possible given the extreme conditions. A look at fire tornados: Fire whirl ...

Firefighters in California are facing a rare and dangerous phenomenon as wildfires create swirling fire tornadoes. The combination of high winds and severely dry conditions have created a ...

video taken by KTLA from the Palisades fires shows fire tornadoes or fire whirls forming. While they may look similar to a tornado associated with a thunderstorm, there is a key difference.

NORFOLK, Va. — Fire tornadoes, also known as fire whirls, fire devils, or firenadoes, are a rare and dangerous weather phenomenon that can occur during intense wildfires. These swirling columns ...

The advisory, which runs into Wednesday, didn’t mention tornadoes, but meteorologist Todd Hall said they’re possible given the extreme conditions. Fire whirl, fire devil, fire tornado or even ...

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