A tornado swept through a swath of Tennessee, killing a mother and daughter and injuring at least three other people as it ...

The blaze looks similar to a twister. But Daniel Swain, a climate scientist at UCLA, told USA TODAY that it instead appears to be an example of a fire whirl, which is “more akin to a dust devil than a ...

A spinning fire vortex spotted on video Friday among the flames in a raging Pacific Palisades wildfire looks similar to a tornado, but scientists are still examining whether it was a rare fire ...

The firenado emerged on Friday night and was captured on camera, with the footage going viral on social media.

As fire season is underway, here's a heads-up about another very destructive and dangerous element of a fire. When a blaze is large enough and hot enough, the heat creates huge towers of twisting air.

Monday marks 16 years since an EF-4 tornado touched down in the Oklahoma town of Lone Grove, killing eight people.

This is being tested with a Twister drone. The sensor is capable of acoustically detecting enemy artillery and mortar fire and locating the direction from which it is coming. This should work at a ...

The blaze looks similar to a twister. But Daniel Swain ... They're also much less dangerous than full-fledged fire tornadoes, which can leave a trail of destruction in their wake.