Tornadoes are among the most powerful and unpredictable natural disasters, forming under specific atmospheric conditions. These violent, rotating columns of air extend from thunderstorms to the ...

A fire tornado or a “firenado” can form within wildfires when the flames heat up the air, causing the surrounding air and smoke to rise very rapidly. This fire-made rising wind, in addition to ...

A boat caught fire, and a tornado touched down in Pender County on Sunday, March 16. The boat fire, which occurred in Hampstead, was caused by a lightning strike and resulted in a total loss of ...

The squall line had been raging for 36 hours, first forming Monday night in Oklahoma before traversing the Lower Mississippi Valley and Deep South on Tuesday and Tuesday night. A tornado watch ...

(Courtesy/Seminole County Fire Department) Heeding several tornado warnings from the National ... It’s not rare for tornados to form within fast-moving storm systems bringing in a cold front ...