but scientists are still examining whether it was a rare fire tornado or a more common and less intense event known as a “fire whirl.” Video footage shows the tall, thin inferno surrounded by a cloud ...

A tornado touched down in El Campo, Texas, damaging structures and whipping up dust on December 26. Footage filmed by Spencer White shows the funnel spinning near Sam Bishkin Road on Thursday ...

A spinning fire vortex spotted on video Friday among the flames in a raging Pacific Palisades wildfire looks similar to a tornado, but scientists are still examining whether it was a rare fire ...

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