The atmospheric river storm hitting Northern California is set to bring heavy rain to the San Francisco Bay Area on Tuesday, potentially triggering flooding. In the mountains, the National Weather ...
Dangerous weather conditions prompted red-flag warnings throughout the region through Friday as crews worked to contain the Hughes Fire that broke out this week.
In addition to the massive blazes, firefighters in California could also encounter another very dangerous phenomenon, which is a fire tornado. On Jan. 10, one of those terrifying fire tornadoes ...
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.
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 ...