Heat From France’s Wildfires Creates a ‘Fire Cloud,’ or Pyrocumulonimbus

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France's wildfires blaze,
Heat births a thunderous cloud—
New flames poised to rise.

A pyrocumulonimbus — a thundercloud created by intense heat — is a phenomenon that can spark new blazes and is “unprecedented in France,” officials said.

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