Rising temperatures have not only boosted the intensity or frequency of major storms and heatwaves, they have spawned rare or novel weather phenomena, accompanied by new more-or-less scientific names.
“Firenados”, for example, occur when searing heat and turbulent winds rise above out-of-control forest fires in tornado-like columns.
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