Unprecedented ‘fire clouds’ are fanning the flames in France

Unprecedented ‘fire clouds’ are fanning the flames in France. Flame-generated thunderstorms known as pyrocumulonimbus clouds can make wildfires even more intense, and they are expected to become more common in Europe

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Trechos de apoio da pauta: A pyrocumulonimbus cloud seen near the village of Saumos in FranceSDIS33/HANDOUT/EPA/Shutt​erstock A pyrocumulonimbus cloud, a looming thunderstorm generated by an intensely hot wildfire, has been observed with radar in France for the first time. These deadly “fire clouds” of rising hot air, smoke and moisture, which accelerate blazes with strong winds and soaring embers, are expected to become more common in Europe as wildfires there get bigger.

• Ponto de atenção: unprecedented.
• Ponto de atenção: fire.
• Ponto de atenção: clouds.

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