What are 'fire clouds', the ominous phenomenon seen in France?
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Filippi: It is a storm where a column of air forms above a fire.It starts off as a cute little white cloud - a cumulus cloud, which is formed because water vapour has turned into tiny droplets.As the Sun heats the ground, the water vapour suddenly condenses. It is a common phenomenon in Portugal, California and Australia, where firefighters are more used to them. In Portugal, they had been rare until the deadly 2017 fires in Pedrogao Grande changed things.In France, pyrocumulonimbus clouds are quite new.
- ▪Filippi: It is a storm where a column of air forms above a fire.It starts off as a cute little white cloud - a cumulus cloud, which is formed because water vapour has turned into tiny droplets.As the Sun heats the ground, the water vapour s
- ▪It is a common phenomenon in Portugal, California and Australia, where firefighters are more used to them.
- ▪In Portugal, they had been rare until the deadly 2017 fires in Pedrogao Grande changed things.In France, pyrocumulonimbus clouds are quite new.
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- ▪ Wildfires: The ominous 'fire clouds' or 'pyrocumulonimbus' seen in France for the first time — France 24 (EN)
- ▪ Heat From France’s Wildfires Creates a ‘Fire Cloud,’ or Pyrocumulonimbus — NYT > Top Stories
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Firefighters in southwest France are struggling to bring a forest inferno under control before yet another heatwave descends on the country. — AFP/File PARIS: Firefighters battling devastating fires in France have had to contend with a new threat: immense fire clouds that create their own wind and even lightning that can spark fresh blazes.Known as "fire clouds" or pyrocumulonimbus clouds, these ominous-looking thunderstorms are created by extreme wildfires and can exacerbate already extremely dangerous conditions.This phenomenon, which is new to France, is yet another consequence of human-caused climate change, according to French researcher Jean-Baptiste Filippi, who studies wildfires.As firefighters in southwest France struggle to bring a forest inferno under control before yet another…
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