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The first documented case of a fire tornado in Australia was during the 2003 Canberra bushfire. [16] It was calculated to have horizontal winds of 250 km/h (160 mph) and vertical air speed of 150 km/h (93 mph), spawned by its own wind rotation from a pyrocumulonimbus cloud and causing the flashover of 120 hectares (300 acres) in 0.04 seconds. [17]
The residents of Canberra might know a little about what Los Angeles is going through. Exactly 22 years ago, a wildfire became a devastating urban fire in the Australian capital. On Jan. 18, 2003 ...
2013 'Fire Tornado' video. Canberra 2003 groundtrack, lee side spread, weather. 11:08 ; Catalyst story: Fire Tornado; Another photo; www.youtube.com Video of a Fire whirl (0:30), Brazil. "Rare Footage of Fire Tornado". BBC. 25 August 2010. Video of a Fire Tornado in San Diego country; Fire Whirl Simulations; 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake - Fire ...
A particularly extensive bushfire season in Australia, ran predominantly from December 2002 to March 2003 and involved over 3,000 separate fires in Victoria alone. The 2003 Canberra bushfires were also particularly severe.
Fire-tornadoes are triggered by hot, dry air rising rapidly from the ground, according to Live Science.They pick up burning embers, ash, flaming-hot gases and flammable debris to form a tower of ...
On 18 January 2003, a series of CbFg clouds formed from a severe wildfire, during the 2003 Canberra bushfires in Canberra, Australia. [9] This resulted in a large fire tornado, rated F3 on the Fujita scale: the first confirmed violent fire tornado. [28] [29] The tornado and associated fire killed 4 people and injured 492.
The most memorable tornado of Timmer's career came a couple of days before the historic El Reno, Oklahoma, tornado in 2013. On May 28, 2013, an intense tornado formed near Bennington, Kansas.
A tornado hit Canberra (a suburb of Chisholm), destroying a wooden church and damaging 37 houses. [49] SE QLD tornadoes: 29 November 1992: Queensland, 2: 0 fatalities: The tornado at Bucca (west of Bundaberg) is known as the official most intense Australian tornado for its extreme structural damage near Bucca.