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http://www.foreignpolicy.com 
Vedi tutta la serie di immagini su Foreign Policy: http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2010/08/31/hell_and_high_water?page=0,7 Vedi il video della cnn sul tornado di fuoco: http://www.cnn.com/video/?/video/us/2010/08/27/vo.hawaii.fire.tornado.kitv Hell and High Water From Pakistan's floods to Russia's wildfires to the United States' oil spill, 2010 has been an unusually bad summer for disasters, natural and otherwise -- enough so that plenty of enormous catastrophes, or just plain weird ones, have had to fight for headlines. ... Fire Tornado Where: Hawaii and Brazil What: If the floods, fires, and odd wildlife plagues weren't Biblical enough for you, how about a genuine pillar of flame? A brushfire on Hawaii's Big Island took a decidedly epic turn (or two) this weekend when strong winds created a "fire tornado," which is pretty much exactly what it sounds like: a swirling vortex of flame, vividly captured on tape by CNN see above. The brush fire continues to rage, but has not caused any casualties despite burning about 1,400 acres so far. One of the last times a fire tornado made major headlines was in 1981, when one killed a 6-year-old boy in Riverside, California. Last week, newscasters reported on another fire tornado in the Brazilian municipality of Aracatuba in Sao Paulo state, provoked by this summer's unusual aridity. The state's humidity levels are on par with the Sahara desert; it's been about three months since the last rain. |
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