And while twisters can strike far outside of the summertime, the typical tornado season in Iowa runs April through June. The 2024 tornadoes not only varied from the norm in their sheer number ...

Fire whirl, fire devil, fire tornado or even firenado — scientists, firefighters and regular folks use multiple terms to describe similar phenomena, and they don’t always agree on what’s what.

One of the most intense examples occurred during the 2018 Carr Fire in California, where a massive fire tornado was observed with winds reaching 143 mph, equivalent to an EF-3 tornado. This fire ...