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 ...
open image in gallery This image taken from video released by Cal Fire shows a fire tornado near Redding, California in 2018 (Cal Fire) The National Wildfire Coordinating Group’s glossary of ...
In 2018, a fire tornado the size of three football fields killed a firefighter as it exploded in what already was a vast and devastating wildfire near near Redding, about 250 miles (400 kilometers ...
Anna Skinner is a Newsweek senior reporter based in Indianapolis. Her focus is reporting on the climate, environment and weather but she also reports on other topics for the National News Team.
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.