tornadoes

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In a first-of-its-kind large-scale study, scientists created giant fire whirls, spinning columns of flame that resemble fire tornadoes, and found they burn oil faster and more cleanly than conventional methods.

From Science Daily • Jun. 5, 2026

The next 50 most-expensive counties include areas of Oklahoma and Texas where hail, wildfires or tornadoes pose the biggest threat from nature.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 2026

Two of the tornadoes had a strength of EF-1, while the others were EF-0.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 25, 2026

"But this is global warming. The East Coast is just tornadoes and snow, and here we are, we're sizzling."

From Barron's • Mar. 20, 2026

To know the truth about yourself, you have to know if you can eat tornadoes for food and shovel a mountain of poop.

From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri