Western wildfires are making far away storms more dangerous
Scientists are finding that Western wildfires can have far-reaching impacts. If they're burning while Central U.S. thunderstorms are forming, the rain and hail can be dramatically more destructive.
In late July of 2018, massive wildfires blazed across Northern California. At the same time in Colorado, weather alerts went out warning of heavy thunderstorms and baseball-sized hail.
The two disasters were separated by a thousand miles, but scientists are now finding they're connected.
The massive clouds of smoke and heat that rise out of Western wildfires are having far-reaching effects across
