After going over the data, we expect 2025 to be another above-average year for severe weather, but likely not as bad as 2024.

An international team of climate scientists has found that dust brought to parts of Europe in 2022 from the Saharan desert ...

U.S. Senator Todd Young (R-Ind.) joined with Senator Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and a bipartisan group of senators in reintroducing the Tornado Observation Research Notification and Deployment to Operatio ...

“While we can’t prevent storms from occurring, the TORNADO Act will improve severe weather forecasting, notifying the public faster and allowing Hoosiers to find safety more quickly,” said Senator ...

This study developed an open-source tornado database for the Chinese mainland from 2004-2019, utilizing the Enhanced Fujita ...

The extreme cold air and the still quite warm Great Lakes are combining for some fascinating weather conditions. One of those ...

Tornadoes remain one of the most destructive natural hazards. Accurately recording tornado occurrences has been challenging, ...

Research also suggests fire tornadoes can carry airborne embers, also called firebrands, over long distances, said James Urban, an assistant professor in the Department of Fire Protection ...

LOS ANGELES – Fire tornadoes are a rare and frightening phenomenon that can be produced by wildfires. These fiery whirlwinds of flames form when gusty winds interact with intense heat columns ...

A Jan. 9 Threads post (direct link, archive link) shows what appears to be two tornadoes moving through a burning rural landscape. “Did you know that Cali gets fire tornadoes?!” the post reads.

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. A researcher describes the destructive power of the fires in Los Angeles, particularly the formation of fire ...