A whirlwind is a weather phenomenon in which a vortex of wind (a vertically oriented rotating column of air) forms due to instabilities and …

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A fire whirl – also commonly known as a fire devil, or, (in many cases erroneously), as a fire tornado, firenado, fire swirl, or fire twister – is a whirlwind induced by a fire and often made up of flame or ash.

This is a beautiful long-lived tornado that I observed near Attica, Kansas on May 29, 2004. Notice the bottom half of the tornado is lit by the sun!

A site for interesting tornado facts that you didn’t know about with tornado pictures and information.

This page contains descriptions and photographs of multiple types of tornadoes.

Fujita Tornado Damage Scale. Developed in 1971 by T. Theodore Fujita of the University of Chicago

How British Tornados and Typhoons scrambled from Cyprus played crucial role as jets, bombers and destroyers unleashed a barrage of more than 100 missiles in revenge for Assad’s chemical attack

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Mountain tornadoes are less common than their flat-land dwelling brethren, but they do happen. An examination by region and a look at a …