The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and state Department of Environmental Protection have differing takes.

"Rainfall deficits over the last 90 days have reached widespread of 2-4" inches below normal throughout most of the state, with areas north of and along the I-10 corridor as well as much of South ...

As of Tuesday, April 29, there were 101 wildfires burning across Florida, burning 3,556 acres. Twenty-two counties have issued burn bans, which is almost one-third of the state. The mean statewide ...

We have really dry conditions. All of the snow has melted and all the vegetation and grass is really dry, which makes it easier for a wildfire to start.' ...

Study assessed 102 districts in 4 states - MP, Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, UP — susceptible to erratic rainfall, rising ...

Israel says firefighters winning 30-hour battle as blaze largely contained - Firefighter planes from Greece, Cyprus, Croatia ...

The area of the UK burnt by wildfires so far this year is already higher than the total for any year in more than a decade, ...

Stone State Park sits on the edge of the Loess Hills, creating this amazing view. The park covers over 1,000 acres of some of the most unique landscape in Iowa. Rolling hills covered in prairie ...

Chadron State Park showcases this surprising landscape as Nebraska’s very first state park. Nestled in the Pine Ridge area, ...

In this region, there has been significant cool season drying, and hence more clear winter nights ... and a reduced risk of fire in forest fuels in the south-east. Conversely, increased rainfall in ...

It’s well established that the slow incremental “press” of rising temperatures is changing the Arctic landscape, threatening ...

MetService severe weather forecasts are for thunderstorms in Northland and Auckland while a winter blast hits Canterbury ... hours of lightning and intense rainfall until midnight tonight.