The Ocean-Aire Mobile Home Estates in Oxnard was hit by fearsome 60-mph wind gusts. Meteorologists say the event may have ...

A new atmospheric river is slamming California, including fire-ravaged Los Angeles, where residents are bracing for the ...

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.

She has covered climate change and natural disasters extensively ... in California after Santa Ana winds exacerbated favorable fire conditions last week. As of Wednesday, the two largest blazes ...

Above: A fire tornado in California in 2022. As if they aren’t already facing enough, firefighters in California also could encounter fire tornadoes — a rare but dangerous phenomenon in ...

NORFOLK, Va. — Fire tornadoes, also known as fire whirls, fire devils, or firenadoes, are a rare and dangerous weather phenomenon that can occur during intense wildfires. These swirling columns ...

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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, ...

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.

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 ...