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Heightened wildfire risk through weekend
The Smokey Bear sign in front of state Department of Environmental Conservation Region 5 headquarters warned of a “high” ...
New Jersey declares drought warning amid wildfire threat
New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy issued a drought warning and mentioned that the state might enforce mandatory water ...
Jennings Creek wildfire at N.J.-N.Y. border is 50% contained with Garden State now under drought warning
Firefighters are slowly making progress in their battle against a wildfire at the border of New Jersey and New York.
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 ...
Parched fields and damaging blazes: The Northeast drought and wildfires in photos
Drought has parched the Northeast United States for weeks, draining reservoirs, priming the landscape for damaging wildfires ...
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The threat of wildfires is growing as drought is now rated ‘severe’ in most of the Berkshires
The U.S. Drought Monitor has upgraded most of the Berkshires to its heightened danger category, and no rainfall is in sight ...
Lehigh County issues burn ban as drought continues
The burn ban comes during an extremely dry period for the whole state. With only .02 inches of rain last month, October was ...
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Severe drought takes hold across the Tri-State
Most of the Tri-State area, including New York City, is now in a severe drought, according to the Drought Center.
A smoldering wildfire shuts down the vast Lynn Woods for the foreseeable future
LYNN — After sweeping across more than 400 acres over the weekend, the wildfire is still here, smoldering in the ground ...
New York Is Facing Its Worst Wildfire Season in More Than a Decade
New York and the Northeast are in the midst of their worst fire season in more than a decade, with little relief in sight for ...