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In the last several weeks alone, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Minnesota, the Dakotas, Oklahoma, Nebraska and Wisconsin have had air quality alerts triggered by more than 140 wildfires burning across ...
Why is wildfire smoke dangerous? Wildfire smoke is a mixture of gases and fine particulate matter created from burning vegetation and structures, according to the Centers for Disease Control and ...
The Wooldridge fire was the most severe in a rash of natural cover blazes in mid-Missouri since Friday, including multiple in Columbia. What to know about Wooldridge wildfire, rash of natural ...
This is a list of wildfires across the United States during 2024, that have burned more than 1,000 acres (400 hectares), produced significant structural damage or casualties, or otherwise been notable. Acreage and containment figures may not be up to date.
An extremely critical fire weather event is the greatest threat level issued by the NWS Storm Prediction Center (SPC) for wildfire events in the United States. On the scale from one to three, an extremely critical is a level three; thus, these outlooks are issued only when forecasters at the SPC are confident of extremely dangerous wildfire ...
The Mountain Fire began shortly before 9:00 a.m. PST on November 6 during an episode of strong Santa Ana winds in Southern California. [2] The National Weather Service's Storm Prediction Center delineated an "extremely critical" risk area on their Day 1 fire weather outlook, warning of low relative humidity values combined with a strong wind event with gusts of over 65 miles per hour (105 km/h ...
The warning alerts fire managers on federal lands of highly unfavorable conditions for prescribed burns, which can lead to especially dangerous wildfire growth. When warnings are issued, officials ...
NEW YORK – A dangerous wildfire threat still grips the Northeast with Fire Weather Warnings in effect across several states. High fire danger impacting 23 million people is forecast to last ...