Unfortunately these natural disasters will continue getting worse as our climate continues getting warmer.
In Oregon, fire officials noted the Bootleg Fire is showing "aggressive surface spread with pyrocumulus development."
Pyrocumulus clouds form when the extreme heat from the flames of a wildfire force the air to rapidly rise, condensing and cooling any moisture on smoke particles produced by the fire. These clouds essentially become their own thunderstorms and can contain lightning and strong winds.
The fire is "so large and generating so much energy and extreme heat that it's changing the weather," Kauffman explained. "Normally the weather predicts what the fire will do. In this case, the fire is predicting what the weather will do."
As hot, dry weather conditions continue to fuel wildfires across much of the United States, the Bootleg Fire in Oregon has become so intense that it's creating its own weather.
There's a report here in Melbourne on my wife's phone this morning - not on mine - that an Everton player is being investigated by
Manchester police about child sex offences. Haven't seen it anywhere else. What do you know?