A handful of separate wildfires raging west of Sydney, Australia, have already ravaged 300,000 acres of land and destroyed 200 houses. As they continue to burn, officials are warning that some of the blazes could merge into one "mega-fire" and then spark a freaky phenomenon known as a "fire cloud." And in some instances, they're warning that such clouds can actually catalyze tornados.
via The Verge - All Posts http://www.theverge.com/2013/10/22/4865662/asutralian-brush-fires-pyrocumulus
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