Substantial fires can make their own weather – and do it in several ways. The most common weather phenomena wildfires can create include pyrocumulus clouds, fire tornadoes and smoke clouds that ...

A firefighting helicopter flies past smoke plumes during the Dixie Fire on August 18, 2021, near Coppervale in northern California. As of August 22, the wildfire had burned more than 724,000 acres ...

Image of “fire clouds” above the Line Fire in California on September 9. The smoke from this fire, as well as others in the area, is making the air quality dangerous for some people.

CLERMONT COUNTY, Ohio — A strange sight in the sky above Clermont County has sparked curiosity from many people on social media this week. An unusual black ring was spotted among the clouds ...

Pyrocumulonimbus clouds look much darker than typical clouds because of their large amounts of smoke and ash. They can reach heights of 50,000 feet and generate their own systems of thunderstorms.