Watch terrifying moment FIRENADOS rage through LA hills as firefighters face crucial 48hr window to finally stop blazes
TERRIFYING footage from the LA hills shows fire tornadoes raging across the Pacific Palisades and igniting new fires as firefighters brace for more devastation.
While the fires on the ground continue to burn, the flames picked up by the wind elongate high into theThis phenomenon also known as fire devils is caused when fires and raging so intensely that they can create their own weather system thanks to extreme heat and changing air pressures.Meteorologist Dani Ruberti explained: "The heat is so incredibly intense that the air starts to rise and it starts to pull in the surrounding air ... kind of creating that spinning vortex.
Chad Augustin told the BBC: "Once we get past Wednesday night I'm going to be saying, 'wooh, we made it and this fire is just about under control' and then we're going to spent thecouple of weeks just mopping up hotspots and embers - or this fire's going to take off on Tuesday or Wednesday with these increased wind conditions."
This hot air above the flames then quickly rises in columns and in doing so, it starts to spin or rotate. The NWS issued a red flag warning for three areas across Ventura and West Los Angeles County which is the same severity as the hurricane-force gusts that struck the region last week. Cal Fire's battalion chief Brent Pascua has revealed how firefighters are working relentlessly to not only put out the raging flames but to extinguish the embers which are a significant threat during high winds.how the choppers releasing fire retardant and water over the area are dousing places even without smoke or flames to stop the embers from being picked up and carried off to start new fires.
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