The blaze produced a "pyrocumulonimbus cloud," a gigantic thunderstorm effect that can form when wildfires get so intense ...
These ‘pyrocumulonimbus’ clouds are towering formations formed by the updraft from incredibly intense fires comparable to volcanic eruptions, which also cause the phenomenon. Something like a ...
But on the evening of 3 January 2020, a pyrocumulonimbus cloud — a violent thunderstorm generated by the energy of bushfires raging on the ground — grew in the sky. The pyrocumulonimbus cloud ...
“The unprecedented conditions that include searing heat combined with historic dryness, have led to the formation of an unusually large number of pyrocumulonimbus events.” A look at key events ...