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Wildfires in Arizona and Utah Are Spawning ‘Fire Clouds’ Making Fighting Them Impossible
Two massive wildfires burning in Arizona and Utah are doing more than scorching the landscape. They’re generating towering “fire clouds” that make firefighting nearly impossible. These towering ...
What are pyroclouds? Arizona and Utah wildfires fuel threat of 'fire tornadoes'
Videos circulating on social media Thursday show the fire generating massive pyrocumulus clouds — also known as pyroclouds or "fire clouds." ...
Grand Canyon fire grows into a megafire and creates its own weather. It’s not done yet
The Dragon Bravo Fire exploded in size to 105,415 acres along the Grand Canyon’s North Rim on Thursday as heat and strong ...
A look at megafires as an Oregon wildfire approaches the 100,000-acre mark
A wildfire burning in a sparsely populated region of central Oregon has become the largest fire this year and is on the verge ...
Opinion
2 questions about the Grand Canyon fire desperately need better answers | Opinion
Without more details about the early response to the Dragon Bravo Fire, the same mistakes could be repeated, and not just at the Grand Canyon.