What is a ‘fire cloud’, and how have they worsened wildfires in Europe?
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What is a ‘fire cloud’, and how have they worsened wildfires in Europe?

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When pyrocumulonimbus, or fire clouds, form, they can create winds that make the wildfires below spread even faster, and sometimes generate their own lightning, which can in turn ignite more fires further afield