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I Arrowed the World-Record Caribou by Pretending to Be a Tree
I was ready, with an arrow nocked and every nerve in my body as taut as a fiddle string. We inched ahead, one slow, noiseless ...
Watch: 'Firenado' caught on video in Utah during Deer Creek Fire
The fire-induced tornado developed within the Deer Creek Fire just after 1 p.m. MT on Saturday, July 12, according to the ...
The Colorado Sun4d
Crews start to contain some of the 5 wildfires burning in western Colorado amid ongoing dry conditions
The Sowbelly fire, burning 2,274 acres in the Dominguez-Escalante National Conservation Area west of Delta, was 16% contained ...
Utah 'firenado' with 122-mph winds leaves behind significant damage
A surging wildfire ripping through eastern Utah wilderness over the weekend triggered a "firenado", unleashing a terrifying ...
KSL6d
13 structures damaged or destroyed by Deer Creek Fire; rare 'firenado' rated as EF-2
Over a dozen structures were damaged or destroyed by a fire that started in southeast Utah last week, including some that ...
Ferocious firenadoes whirl as wildfires ravage Colorado and Utah. See vortexes
“Several other wildfires are still active in Colorado, including the Sowbelly Fire in the Dominguez-Escalante National Conservation Area, the South Rim Fire in Black Canyon of the Gunnison National ...
Telluride Daily Planet6d
Multiple Western Slope wildfires prompt evacuations near Montrose
Southwestern Colorado is currently experiencing at least five wildfires near San Miguel County, with the largest, the Deer ...
Delta County Independent6d
Monsoons could bring rain — but also wind — to South Rim and other fires
The monsoons are coming — with hoped-for rain — but also, winds that can drive flame activity at the South Rim Fire that’s ...
KJCT6d
The science of the Deer Creek fire vortex
A quick chat with our Chief Meteorologist Stephen Bowers, outlines the formation of this fire phenomenon. He said, “A fire vortex is a feature within a wildfire, usually a large and really hot ...