The video shows a pair of fire whirls from the Remington Fire, which began in August 2024 and burned through parts of Wyoming and Montana.

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

A disaster expert offers tips on what you should do now to prepare for an emergency and what to do first if you have to ...

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A rare February tornado swept through a swath of eastern Tennessee on Thursday night, killing a mother and daughter and ...

and recent footage of the advancing flames appears to show a rare phenomenon known as a fire tornado. This occurs when turbulent winds create a spinning column that picks up flames and ash.

Historical Fatality Comparisons Looking back, tornadoes have often resulted in higher annual death tolls compared to wildfires. For instance, in 2021, tornadoes caused 104 fatalities in the United ...

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 ...

The original structure on Arledge Street was destroyed by an EF-3 tornado on Jan ... In the 1960s, when the most recent ...

This past month has shown how truly prone California can be to natural disasters, and the state’s proclivity for attracting such events eclipses most of its contemporaries. In a new study by DJC Law, ...