Noun
an outburst of controversy
a storm in which violent winds are drawn into the column of hot air rising over a severely bombed area
Source: WordNetthe incident triggered a political firestorm Source: Internet
2003 Canberra firestorm Cellular automata models have increasingly been used to model forest fire events. Source: Internet
According to the report, one of the most promising techniques investigated was initiation of rain from seeding of mass-fire thunderheads and other clouds passing over the developing, and then steady-state, firestorm. Source: Internet
An estimated 30% of immediate fatalities were people who received lethal doses of this direct radiation, but died in the firestorm before their radiation injuries would have become apparent. Source: Internet
First came the flames, a raging firestorm propelled by 50 mph (80 kph) wind gusts that incinerated Kelsey Norton’s house and killed 85 people in her community. Source: Internet
Colin Briggs, who has been a CFA volunteer for more than 30 years, said Monday night’s firestorm had torn through the community of Cudgewa - on the Murray Valley Highway east of Wodonga - with an intensity he had never seen in a bushfire. Source: Internet