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.

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.

JOHNSON CREEK, Wis. — Three weak tornadoes touched down in Jefferson County last Wednesday, the National Weather Service said Monday, bringing the total from last week’s storms to seven.

In Springfield, Missouri ... were under tornado watches on Sunday, according to USA TODAY's weather alerts tracker. Several tornado watches were set to expire Sunday night in parts of Louisiana ...

The post-Christmas tornado outbreak pushed 2024 into second place for most U.S. tornadoes recorded in a single year in 75 years of records. As of Jan. 5, the National Weather Service confirmed at ...

The wild weather year that was 2024 finally ended with a parting outbreak of deadly tornadoes ... to the National Interagency Fire Center, last year was the seventh-worst wildfire season in ...

WE ARE ON IT. SO IS HEATHER. SO WHAT ARE YOU SEEING? HEATHER? WELL, THERE WAS A TORNADO WARNING IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN TEHAMA COUNTY, BUT ON OUR MAPS HERE, THAT WARNING WENT AWAY, INDICATING THAT ...

By John Yoon A winter storm in Northern California spawned a tornado on Friday, setting off a warning for people to seek shelter urgently. The tornado was confirmed around 5:30 p.m. local time ...

A strong thunderstorm birthed a rare tornado on Friday evening near Paynes Creek in Tehama County, close to the Shasta County border in Northern California, according to meteorologists.

A PG&E camera that is part of UC San Diego’s ALERT California network captured a tornado that touched down around 5:20 p.m. Friday in an unpopulated part of Tehama County. PG&E via ...