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Wildfires and Drought Ravage Northeast

Parched fields and damaging blazes: The Northeast drought and wildfires in photos

Parched fields and damaging blazes: The Northeast drought and wildfires in photos More than 58% of the Northeast is in moderate drought or worse, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor.

The Wall Street Journal on MSN · 1d

Wildfires and Drought Ravage the Northeast, in Maps

Wildfires in New York City. Extreme drought in New Jersey. Millions of residents in several states urged to cut back water usage. This fall’s unseasonably warm weather has led to severely dry conditions with effects rippling throughout the Northeast.

LA Times on MSN · 1d

2 charged with setting some Northeast wildfires amid New Jersey drought warning and blazes out West

New Jersey’s governor declared a drought warning. Black Hawk helicopters scooped water from a lake to dump on a forest fire burning in New York state.

NBC New York on MSN · 1d

2 charged with setting some Northeast wildfires amid NJ drought warning

New Jersey’s governor declared a drought warning. Black Hawk helicopters scooped water from a lake to dump on a burning forest in New York state. A park in Manhattan caught fire. And authorities in two states revealed criminal charges Wednesday against people accused of setting some of the wildfires that have plagued the northeast U.

Jersey, New York and Wildfire

Associated Press · 18h

Officials give an update on wildfires burning along the New Jersey-New York border

Firefighters say they are making progress against wildfires burning in the border between New York and New Jersey.

U.S. News & World Report · 17h

Firefighters Are Closer to Taming the Wildfire That's Across the New Jersey-New York Border

Firefighters are getting closer to taming a wildfire burning across the New Jersey-New York border, increasing their encirclement of the hard-to-access blaze

NJ.com on MSN · 17h

Huge wildfire on N.J.-N.Y. border closer to being under control, but winds forecast to pick up again

Firefighters using back-burn operations have made significant progress in containing a massive wildfire that has been burning for nearly a week and consumed nearly 5,000 acres in West Milford and across the New York border.

See how firefighters are attacking Jennings Creek fire

CBS 6 · 10h

Ravena firefighters return home from fighting wildfires

The Jennings Creek and Sterling State Park wildfires had grown to at least 5,000 acres as the Governor announced additional assistance from authorities across New York State last Tuesday. Ravena firefighters joined hundreds of first responders across the State to keep the wildfires from spreading.

CBS New York on MSN · 1d

Firefighters making progress against Jennings Creek wildfire

Firefighters have made progress battling the Jennings Creek wildfire, New York State Park Police said Thursday. The fire is still raging in the Sterling Forest State Park, and has impacted thousands of acres in Passaic and Orange counties.

Yahoo · 13h

Firefighters continue making progress in Jennings Creek Wildfire

As of Friday, the Jennings Creek Wildfire is approximately 90% contained on the New Jersey side and about 65% contained on the New York side. “We have a really solid containment on our side,” said Chris Franek of the New Jersey Forest Fire Service.

1don MSN

Why wildfires in the Eastern U.S. can be more destructive than you may think

The East may not face the same threats of massive wildfires that have become an ominous hallmark of life in the West. But the ...

USA Today1d

A dry fall fuels wildfires from East Coast to west and puts Arizona forests on watch

Wildfires in New York, New Jersey and nearby states, along with wind-fed burns in California concerns scientists and ...

Las Vegas Sun15h

Nevada extends agreement to help combat risk of wildfires

A conservation agreement aimed at reducing the risk and impact of catastrophic wildfires in Nevada has been extended.

Nevada leaders sign agreement to continue working together when fighting, preventing wildfires

While our record hot summer is well in the rear view mirror as we approach the end of 2024, scorching temperatures will be ...

1don MSN

Wildfires burn on both coasts. Is climate change to blame?

Historically dry conditions and drought in the mid-Atlantic and Northeastern part of the United States are a key factor in ...

How natural disasters like hurricanes and wildfires impact incarcerated people

As Helene traveled northward, 2,000 incarcerated people were evacuated from North Carolina prisons—only after local water and power sources were damaged.

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How farmers are impacted with the dry weather, wildfires in New Jersey

There have been numerous wildfires in New Jersey and water storage levels are dropping. New Jersey remains under a drought ...

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Wildfires and Drought Ravage Northeast

Jersey, New York and Wildfire

See how firefighters are attacking Jennings Creek fire

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