FRANCE FIRESTORM PHENOMENON: MONSTER CLOUDS THAT SPAWN LIGHTNING AND NEW BLAZES

A wildfire in southwest France grew so powerful that its smoke column became a thunderstorm, generating lightning that struck the ground and ignited new fires beyond the original blaze, French officials said. Put another way, that means the inferno was no longer simply being propelled by the weather.

News - South China Morning Post reports that a wildfire in southwest France grew so powerful that its smoke column became a thunderstorm, generating lightning that struck the ground and ignited new fires beyond the original blaze, French officials said.

The report adds: Put another way, that means the inferno was no longer simply being propelled by the weather.

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