A Feb. 21-22, 1971 outbreak claimed 121 lives from Texas to North Carolina, the deadliest February rash of tornadoes in ...

LOS ANGELES – Fire tornadoes are a rare and frightening phenomenon that can be produced by wildfires. These fiery whirlwinds ...

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MILLIONS of Brits have received an emergency alert on their phones after a rare RED “danger-to-life” weather warning was ...

When a wildfire intensely heats air close to the ground, it can rise rapidly and start to spin into a narrow vortex. As more ...

Firefighters in California face a rare and dangerous phenomenon - High winds and severely dry conditions have created a ‘particularly dangerous situation’ ...

As if they aren’t already facing enough, firefighters in California also could encounter fire tornadoes — a rare but dangerous phenomenon in which wildfires create their own weather. The National ...

Video footage from Friday shows a rotating inferno surrounded by smoke in the Pacific Palisades fire that has devastated the LA area.

Storm forecasters say "a strong event cannot be ruled out" in the UK - with an explosive cyclogenesis caused by a major drop ...

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 area rushes in to replace it. This creates a spinning ...