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Europe’s Wildfires Forge Their Own Weather | Science News
Europe braced for catastrophe as record-breaking wildfires tore through Spain and France in July, forcing mass evacuations and leaving devastation in their wake. A deadly combo of wet winters, scorching heat waves, and relentless winds turned tinder-dry forests into wildfire accelerants — until the flames themselves started shaping the weather. In southwestern France, a rare pyrocumulonimbus cloud — a fire-generated storm capable of lightning and rain — formed for the first time on French soil. Thousands of firefighters and military personnel battled the inferno using every tool at their…
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