A wildfire rarely creates its own tornado, or pyro-vortex. (Fire whirls, a fire tornado’s little brother, are more common and are smaller, briefer and less intense.) Two key ingredients must first be ...

This video captured the swirling wind vortexes that formed on the very first day of the eruption at Halemaʻumaʻu Crater on ...

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 ...

A fire tornado forms when intense heat at ground level, often from a wildfire, causes hot air to rise rapidly. If this rising column encounters turbulent or converging winds, the air can begin to ...

The U.S. Geological Survey recently highlighted a phenomenon at Hawaii’s erupting Kilauea volcano that it termed a “volnado.” ...

Fire tornadoes formed Thursday as wildfires continue to rage in Australia, eyewitness video shows. Brenton Davis, who shot video of one of the tornadoes, said in a Facebook post that it had formed ...

Towering ‘fire clouds’ are turning wildfires into their own weather systems, making an already brutal battle even harder for crews on the ground.

Elkhart County outdoor warning sirens still not fixed, residents concerned ... Goodwin says they haven't given the fire department a timeline on when the tornado siren will be fixed.

On Monday, Aug. 18, sirens in Barnes County caused confusion during severe weather reports, but emergency managers confirmed they were for a fire call.

Fire tornadoes formed on Kangaroo Island as wildfires continued to rage across Australia. Brenton Davis, who shot video of one of the firenadoes, said the area "had a fair few of them today and it ...