The risk is spread throughout Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, northern Georgia and extreme western portions of North ...

Wildfire smoke creates fine particulate matter that can linger in the atmosphere and spread from coast to coast. According to the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), in large quantities ...

Friday morning, there were 61 wildfires in Florida ... Red flag warnings extend along the West Coast into portions of Central Florida. The drought index uses a scale from 0, which is very wet ...

Many of these fires are in drought-prone areas and have an average Keetch-Byram Drought Index over 500, which means droughts can cause these areas to burn stronger. The Treasure Coast scores ...

Gusts up to 50 mph across the West could make travel difficult and cause power outages. Gusty winds will also impact the Plains and ramp up a widespread fire threat, especially from the late ...