Tornado Speed One of the most striking attributes of tornadoes is their incredible speed. The wind speeds within a tornado ...

A towering waterspout tornado ripped through coastal homes in Indonesia. Footage shows the massive rotating vortex peeling off roofs of houses as it hit land in South Sulawesi on January 27. The ...

In addition to the causes of the fires, investigators are also probing insufficient water supplies and pressure at fire hydrants in the Pacific Palisades, an affluent community ravaged by a ...

Wildfires produce a lot of heat, which causes the air above them to ... Scientists are studying fire tornadoes to understand how they form and to find better ways to predict and respond to them.

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.

Investigators are beginning their work to determine the origin and cause of the devastating fires in Los Angeles. The work will likely take months, if not longer, as investigators consider a slew ...

Fire tornadoes occur when intense wind combines with conditions in the atmosphere to produce clouds of smoke that reach 20,000 to 40,000 feet, Swain said. These clouds form vortices of flaming hot ...

Fire tornadoes (or firenadoes) form due to two key factors. One factor is the combustion process that creates fire and releases large amounts heat. This heat release creates an updraft.

Supercell thunderstorms are known for their devastatingly gnarly tornadoes, but exactly how the twisters form is poorly understood. A new study suggests that scientists could glean hints with a ...