Hosted on MSN2d
Towering waterspout tornado damages coastal homes
A towering waterspout tornado ripped through coastal homes in Indonesia. Footage shows the massive rotating vortex peeling ...
People28d
Polar Vortex to Bring 'Frigid' Temperatures to the U.S. — How Cold Could It Get in Your Area?
2 People Hospitalized, More Injured in Rare California Tornado A polar vortex is “a large area of low pressure and cold air” that can expand during the winter months, “sending cold air ...
Was that a fire tornado swirling amid the flames in Pacific Palisades?
Video footage from Friday shows a rotating inferno surrounded by smoke in the Pacific Palisades fire that has devastated the LA area.
These 'fire tornadoes' are from 2024 Wyoming blaze, not LA fires | Fact check
The video shows a pair of fire whirls from the Remington Fire, which began in August 2024 and burned through parts of Wyoming ...
WBUR15d
Fire tornadoes pose a threat in California. A Mass. fire lab shows how they work
The National Wildfire Coordinating Group’s glossary of wildland fire terms doesn’t include an entry for fire tornado, but it defines a fire whirl as a “spinning vortex column of ascending ...
Santa Monica Daily Press16d
Fire tornadoes are a risk under California’s extreme wildfire conditions
The National Wildfire Coordinating Group's glossary of wildland fire terms doesn't include an entry for fire tornado, but it defines a fire whirl as a "spinning vortex column of ascending hot air ...
Austin American-Statesman18d
Was that a fire tornado swirling amid the flames in Pacific Palisades?
A spinning fire vortex spotted on video Friday among the flames in a raging Pacific Palisades wildfire looks similar to a tornado, but scientists are still examining whether it was a rare fire ...