How Trump’s Federal Funding and Hiring Freezes Are Leaving America Vulnerable to Catastrophic Wildfire
Uncertainty over funding and hiring stemming from the president’s executive orders has limited wildfire training and ...
Science Daily2d
Models show intensifying wildfires in a warming world due to changes in vegetation and humidity; only a minor role for lightning
Climate scientists present a realistic supercomputer simulation that resolves the complex interactions between fire, vegetation, smoke and the atmosphere. The authors find that increasing greenhouse ...
Tree rings and fire scars show fewer forest fires burn in North America today than in the past
Fewer wildfires burn in North American forests today than in previous centuries, increasing the risk of more severe wildfires ...
Homeland Security Today15d
Wildfire Hit North Carolina’s McDowell County
North Carolina’s McDowell County, still recovering from the devastation caused by Hurricane Helene, is facing yet another natural disaster in the form of wildfires. Old Fort, a town of roughly 800 ...
Palm Beach Post15d
A community was hit hard by Hurricane Helene. They are now dealing with raging wildfires.
No injuries have been reported. The North Carolina Forest Service Wildfire Public Viewer showed that McDowell County was contending with three active wildfires Wednesday including the Crooked ...
CBS News15d
2nd wildfire breaks out in Helene-ravaged North Carolina county as "significant progress" made in Crooked Creek Fire, officials say
A second wildfire has erupted in western North Carolina's McDowell County ... technical issue with cellular networks." "There are no active evacuation orders" related to the Crooked Creek fire ...