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Fire whirls and pyrocumulus clouds: How fire creates its own weather
CNN via Yahoo News· 10 months agoSubstantial fires can make their own weather – and do it in several ways. The most common weather...
California wildfire has launched a ‘volcanic eruption’-sized smoke cloud
The Independent via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe Mosquito Fire is raging in northern California, sending the forest into flames as smoke billows...
Oak fire near Yosemite explodes to 6,555 acres. 10 structures destroyed, thousands evacuated
LA Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoA firefighter battles the Oak fire as it crosses Darrah Road in Mariposa County on Friday. (Noah...
Oak Fire live update: Wildfire ‘moving fast,’ jumps road and now threatens structures
Merced Sun-Star via AOL· 2 years agoA fast-moving wildfire near Yosemite National Park quickly spread in the mountainous terrain of...
California's heat wave fueling destructive fires. The worst is yet to come, officials fear
LA Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoRecord heat is fueling dangerous fires across California, pushing firefighters to the limit and...
Oak fire grows to 14,281 acres; Gov. Newsom declares state of emergency for Mariposa County
LA Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoFirefighters were struggling to battle California’s largest fire of the season so far, a fast-moving...
Mosquito fire doubles in size west of Lake Tahoe, sending a pyrocumulus cloud skyward
LA Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoPG&E on Thursday disclosed 'electrical activity' near where the Mosquito fire started in the...
How heat waves spread wildfires in California -- even when it isn't windy
LA Times via Yahoo News· 10 months agoFirefighters and meteorologists look to a little-known metric called "mixing height" to understand...
Oak Fire updates: ‘Explosive fire behavior’ in Mariposa County destroys structures
Fresno Bee McClatchy via AOL· 2 years agoEVENING UPDATE: The Oak Fire had now burned 11,900 acres and was 0% contained as of 6:45 p.m....
Fast-moving McKinney Fire blows up in western Siskiyou County; evacuations ordered
Redding Record Searchlight via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThis story is provided free of charge as a public service to our communities. Please support local...