Imagine a tornado spinning over an erupting supervolcano. The result would be catastrophic beyond comprehension. While such a collision is incredibly unlikely, exploring it reveals just how ...

OITA—A “fire whirl” was observed in the deadly conflagration that has devastated the Saganoseki district of Oita city.

A wildfire in eastern Utah spawned a fire-induced tornado on July 12, experts with the U.S. National Weather Service confirmed on Wednesday. The tornado occurred during the Deer Creek Wildfire burning ...

Utah isn’t exactly known for tornadoes. Since 2000, only two significant tornadoes had hit the Beehive State. But that changed last weekend, when a rare fire tornado brought destructive winds up to ...

Lori Daniels and a team of researchers plan to let a hand-held GPS guide them in a few weeks to more than 100 spots in the charred forest around Jasper, Alta. At each location, they'll plunge a stake ...

The Dragon Bravo Fire has grown to over 111,000 acres, becoming the largest wildfire in the continental US in 2025. The fire is generating pyrocumulus clouds, which can create dangerous fire behavior ...