March 30, 2006 -- A Pentagon test at a Nevada site this June will likely create the first mushroom cloud seen in the state since the United States ceased above-ground nuclear testing in 1963.

All of which undercut the mushroom cloud as totemic image that ends all discussion. It wouldn’t last long: President Lyndon B. Johnson’s 1964 campaign ad “Daisy” distilled the nuclear ...

'Nuclear Mushroom' Cloud in Southern Russia Freaks Out Locals Published Aug 03, 2023 at 6:22 AM EDT Updated Aug 03, 2023 at 12:52 PM EDT By Isabel van Brugen ...

Italy's Mount Etna produced a spectacularly explosive eruption Monday morning, sending a ripple of reddish clouds down from its summit. The soaring ash rose to form a mushroom cloud high above ...

A thread on X (aka Twitter) claimed a large cloud of smoke near New Smyrna Beach, Florida, was from an explosion. Officials say it was something else.

New Smyrna Beach officials said the strange mushroom-shaped cloud was from a controlled burn miles away. When residents and beachgoers saw a large cloud of smoke, some posted their concerns on ...