As the Los Angeles area begins cleaning up from devastating wildfires, city officials and emergency managers are worried ...

One of the most notable examples of flash flooding after a wildfire occurred in 2018, following the devastating Thomas Fire ...

Fire whirl, fire devil, fire tornado or even firenado — scientists, firefighters and regular folks use multiple terms to describe similar phenomena, and they don’t always agree on what’s what.

Southern California Edison told state regulators Thursday that it’s investigating whether a line it had previously shut off may have played a role in sparking the Eaton Fire above Altadena.

A fire tornado, also called a firenado, results from a wildfire burning particularly hot during strong winds, which can swirl the flames into a phenomenon that resembles a tornado of flame.

Helping drive the wildfires in the US city of Los Angeles are the so-called Santa Ana winds, a weather phenomenon known to dry out "the hills and the nerves to flash point." The windstorms occur ...