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.

from wide wedge tornadoes to narrow cones. Using the 3D animation application Houdini, computational fluid dynamics software and a proprietary tool from VFX studio Industrial Light & Magic ...

The VFX team consulted with meteorologists to make sure their simulation tools were both scientifically accurate and powerful enough to capture the complexity of different types of storms, from wide ...

Violent tornadoes — those rated F4/EF4 and F5/EF5 — are much rarer. Only 89 such tornadoes were reported during the same time period, accounting for 0.9% of all tornadoes. In fact, only six ...

The 16 WAPT Weather Team spent Sunday evening tracking storms that produced some quick-moving tornadoes and heavy rain.Tap here for the latest alerts | Tap here for radarHail was also reported in some ...

The post-Christmas tornado outbreak pushed 2024 into second place for most U.S. tornadoes recorded in a single year in 75 years of records. As of Jan. 5, the National Weather Service confirmed at ...

The wild weather year that was 2024 finally ended with a parting outbreak of deadly tornadoes, but researchers will be tallying the total costs for months to come. The year finished as one of the ...

The post-Christmas tornado outbreak pushed 2024 into second place for most U.S. tornadoes recorded in a single year in 75 years of records. As of Jan. 5, the National Weather Service confirmed at ...

There is a chance for a tornado or two, particularly in the southeastern and southern parts of the state, as storms shift eastward. By 4 PM to 5 PM, storms should exit the state, leaving behind a few ...

WE ARE ON IT. SO IS HEATHER. SO WHAT ARE YOU SEEING? HEATHER? WELL, THERE WAS A TORNADO WARNING IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN TEHAMA COUNTY, BUT ON OUR MAPS HERE, THAT WARNING WENT AWAY, INDICATING THAT ...