What happens if a tornado meets a volcano?

IT SUCKS! An incredible tornado of gas and fire, swirling 3,280ft (1km) into the air, has been captured above Iceland's rumbling Bardarbunga volcano. Mount Sinabung (Indonesia) forms numerous tornadoes. read more

The tornado is also limited by what the active volcano is spitting out. Lava is heavy and flows on the ground. Tornadoes would skim over lava just like regular ground. read more

Footage reveals a 3,300ft column of gas swirling above Bardarbunga . Stunning footage taken last week by an aircraft-fitted infrared camera read more

I think someone else already made the point that volcanoes can create a sort of tornado, not the classic kind that picks up houses and drops them in OZ, but gases and heat rising with a sort of circular motion. And someone else made the point that tornadoes form on plains and would be unlikely to form near volcanoes. So —yeah. VolcNado. read more