See more stories on Insider's business page. Rising temperatures and a growing wildfire are creating dangerous fire clouds and firestorms that can generate their own lightning in the skies above ...

A pyrocumulonimbus storm combines smoke and fire with the features of a violent thunderstorm. Pollutants from these storms are funneled into the stratosphere. Image - NASA, Credit: Naval Research A ...

SAN JOSE, Calif. (Nexstar Media Wire) – Be thankful if your morning weather forecast has never called for pyrocumulonimbus clouds. What is a pyrocumulonimbus cloud? For those of you who are rusty on ...

This story was originally published by Wired and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Last month, the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory held a very 2021 press conference, in ...

The Thomas fire created a huge pyrocumulus cloud in December 2017. The Mountain View fire that largely destroyed the small town of Walker, Calif., this week gave rise to a similar phenomenon. (Al Seib ...

What NASA describes as a dangerous "fire-breathing storm system" has formed over a region of Australia threatened by wildfires. Australia's Bureau of Meteorology tweeted Monday that a pyrocumulonimbus ...

Nearly a month after igniting, the monstrous Dixie fire burning in Northern California has destroyed nearly 900 structures and continues to exhibit extreme behavior, officials said. The fire, which ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. SAN JOSE (NEXSTAR) – Be thankful if your ...