A spinning fire vortex spotted on video Friday among the flames in a raging Pacific Palisades wildfire looks similar to a tornado, but scientists are still examining whether it was a rare fire tornado ...

A team of storm chasers and scientists made history by successfully flying a 3D-printed drone into a tornado, collecting real-time data that could revolutionize severe weather research and forecasting ...

A whirling vortex of smoke seen on camera as the "Park Fire" in California exploded Thursday looked just like a tornado, but scientists are investigating whether it was a rare fire tornado or just a ...

Conceptual diagram of the influence of horizontal vortex tubes on tornado genesis and development during the intensification stage: (a) the effect of horizontal vortex tubes on tornado rotation; (b) ...

The 2025 tornado season was good to this novice storm chaser, with a half-dozen twisters in the books. What will next year bring? We’ll see. An EF-U tornado with invisible vortex churns up dust in ...

Tornadoes have caused severe disasters around the world, and have been one of the most violent and damaging natural hazards to human life and property. Experimental simulation of tornado-like vortices ...

Researchers from Würzburg have experimentally demonstrated a quantum tornado for the first time by refining an established method. In the quantum semimetal tantalum arsenide (TaAs), electrons in ...