Video | Monitoring and documenting the moment a fire tornado forms in Australia

<p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr">Weather of Arabia - Sinan Khalaf - Tweeters shared a video clip on social media showing the moment a terrifying <strong>fire tornado</strong> formed in one of the northern regions of Australia during the past days, coinciding with the wave of fires that have been ravaging the country for days.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><h3 style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <strong>How does a fire tornado form?</strong></h3><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <strong>A fire tornado</strong> is a large whirlwind of flame that occurs when the movement of the wind in the form of swirls combines with the presence of flames on the ground, so that a fiery vortex is formed that is frightening in its shape and movement, to the point that many call this phenomenon Fire Devils.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"><p lang="en" style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> &#39;Firenado&#39; Forms Amid Bushfire in Australia&#39;s Northern Territory <a href="https://t.co/qtPHGxdgv7">pic.twitter.com/qtPHGxdgv7</a></p> — PressTV Extra (@PresstvExtra) <a href="https://twitter.com/PresstvExtra/status/1720911506001240303?ref_src=twsr... 4, 2023</a> </blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> It is noteworthy that the phenomenon <strong>of fire tornadoes</strong> is frequent in dry and desert areas in particular, where sandstorms are common, such as the deserts of the United States of America and Australia.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"><br /></p>