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Understanding How 'Fire-Generated Thunderstorms' Intensify Wildfires

Experts are explaining how 'fire-generated thunderstorms,' also known as pyrocumulonimbus clouds, can make wildfires more deadly and unpredictable by creating extreme weather conditions.

27 Jul, 11:11 — 27 Jul, 11:11
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How 'fire-generated thunderstorms' make wildfires more deadly

Certain types of severe wildfire can create pyrocumulonimbus - something that Nasa calls the "fire-breathing dragon of clouds".

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