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 ...

Rather than passively filter-feeding, the birds use their heads, beaks and feet to generate motion in the water that funnels ...

One thing the majority of those tornadoes have in common? The direction in which they spin. That counterclockwise rotation is very consistent with tornadoes in the northern hemisphere, however ...

A fire tornado can stretch hundreds of feet into the sky and have winds that spin at speeds over 100 miles per hour. It’s essentially a tornado filled with fire and debris. Fire tornadoes are ...

Charlotte Dolnack could be heard yelling, “Holy mackerel, it’s getting stronger,” in the background of a now-viral video ...

Intensity: They tend to be weaker, often rated EF-0 to EF-1 on the Enhanced Fujita Scale, though stronger spin-up tornadoes are possible. Detection: Due to their small size and short duration ...

At least four “landspout” tornadoes spun up near North Platte ... That upward-moving air vertically stretches the vorticity, or spin, tightening it into a vortex. The more it’s stretched ...

These can tilt the spinning air column upright, and a tornado is born. If the updraft is very strong, the spinning air will be packed more tightly, with a smaller diameter. When this occurs ...

The spinning motion on landspouts originates near the ground, the NWS says. Unlike landspout tornadoes, traditional tornadoes form from rotating thunderstorms called supercells.