The blaze burned so furiously on July 26 that it created a “fire whirl.” The twirling tower of flame reached speeds of 143 mph (230 kph), which rivaled some of the most destructive Midwest tornados.
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Tornados
Synonyms for "tornados" (8 found)
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7 entriescone tornadoeconomic upheavalmultivortex tornadoorganizational upheavalpolitical crisisrope tornadowedge tornado
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5 entriestornado alleytornado outbreaktornado pathtornado seasontornado warning
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Forecasters now are able to predict bad weather better than ever with a modern set of tools, including satellite data, high altitude balloons, radar stations and computer models, but for tornados, the false alarm rate has hovered about 75 percent for decades.
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