Wet microburst likely responsible for damaging four buildings in Longview, Washington

LONGVIEW, Wash. (KATU) — The National Weather Service in Portland says a wet microbust likely caused damage to four buildings ...

‘Evacuation Warnings’ Issued in Los Angeles Due To Rare Weather

Residents of the city and surrounding areas have been briefed on potential evacuation plans as major weather events converge.
FOX 11 Los Angeles

Evacuation warnings issued as dangerous storm threatens SoCal's recent burn areas

Los Angeles officials say an evacuation warning for possible debris flows will be in effect near recent burn areas from 10 ...
Yahoo

Wildfire spawned an intense fire-induced tornado, experts confirm

A wildfire in eastern Utah spawned a fire-induced tornado on July 12, experts with the U.S. National Weather Service confirmed on Wednesday. The tornado occurred during the Deer Creek Wildfire burning ...

EF5 tornado that killed 3 in North Dakota was the nation’s first in 12 years

Meteorologists say a deadly tornado in North Dakota this summer has been upgraded to a top-of-the-scale EF5, and was the ...

Storm brings heavy rain, threat of mudslides to Southern California

A strong Pacific storm that moved into Southern California Monday night is dropping heavy rain on the region Tuesday, ...
High Country News

How a Utah wildfire created its own tornado

The Deer Creek Fire created a pyro-vortex east of Moab, Utah, as it burned in mid-July. Credit: Jason Kirks/BLM Around 12:40 p.m. on July 12, firefighters on the Deer Creek Fire, east of Moab, Utah, ...