More than 17 million people from eastern Texas to the lower Mississippi Valley are facing severe thunderstorms and possible tornadoes. Dallas, Texas has already faced flooding.

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A portion of central Pennsylvania. * WHEN ... now concerns spread to winds and tornado threats as well. Stieritz says in Montgomery County, the tornado threat is small, but still worrisome.

As if they aren’t already facing enough, firefighters in California also could encounter fire tornadoes — a rare but dangerous phenomenon in which wildfires create their own weather.

In the superheated 21st century, the old rules for wildfires no longer apply. John Vaillant, author of “Fire Weather,” ...