A wildfire in eastern Utah spawned a fire-induced tornado on July 12, experts with the U.S. National Weather Service confirmed on Wednesday. The tornado occurred during the Deer Creek Wildfire burning ...

Scientists have successfully simulated the massive thunderstorm a wildfire once created, revealing how such fiery tempests ...

Thunderstorms rolled through parts of the West Valley early this morning, and the lightning caused two fires in Avondale.

Two new reports on last year's devastating wildfire in Jasper, Alta., confirm the blaze was caused by lightning and ...

Dozens of fires broke out in the central and northern areas of the state, including near Yosemite National Park, after a hot and dry Labor Day weekend. Numerous wildfires erupted in the central and ...

FILE - This July 26, 2018 file image taken from video released by Cal Fire shows a fire tornado over Lake Keswick Estates near Redding, Calif. A new study says a rare fire tornado that raged during ...

This video captured the swirling wind vortexes that formed on the very first day of the eruption at Halemaʻumaʻu Crater on June 7, 2023. Generated by the extreme heat rising from the newly opened vent ...

SAN DIEGO — Late-summer dry thunderstorms rolled into California from the southwest desert region early Sept. 2, bringing thousands of lightning strikes and increasing the risk of wildfires as high ...

CHINESE CAMP, Calif. (KFSN) -- A wave of lightning strikes ignited dozens of wildfires across Tuolumne and Calaveras counties this week, leaving behind a trail of destruction in the historic town of ...

A wave of lightning-sparked wildfires burned across the Sierra Nevada foothills of Central California on Wednesday, torching dry hillsides and threatening historic Gold Rush-era towns as fire crews ...

Massachusetts is bracing for a day of severe weather on Saturday, with a potent mix of thunderstorms heavy downpours, lightning and the possibility of a tornado. “A warm and humid day is on tap” for ...