What is a ‘fire cloud’, and how have they worsened wildfires in Europe?
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- Irish Examiner Ireland·4h agoWhat is a ‘fire cloud’, and how have they worsened wildfires in Europe?
When pyrocumulonimbus, or fire clouds, form, they can create winds that make the wildfires below spread even faster, and sometimes generate their own lightning, which can in turn ignite more fires further afield
Read at Irish Examiner Ireland → - Irish Times World·7h agoWhat is a ‘fire cloud’, and how have they worsened wildfires in Europe?
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