A long-term drought, or even a flash drought like we have seen develop regionally, can exacerbate wildfire conditions. Other ...

Firefighters are slowly making progress in their battle against a wildfire at the border of New Jersey and New York.

For hourly updates as wildfires continue to burn throughout the region, check out the New Jersey wildfire, smoke map.

Brian Fuchs, a climatologist with the National Drought Mitigation Center, told Newsweek that the last time drought to this ...

High wind gusts and low humidity are proving challenging for firefighters battling thousands of acres of wildfire across ...

TRENTON, N.J. — New Jersey is under heightened fire risk as dry weather and strong winds have led to Stage 3 Fire ...

Efforts to contain the Jennings Creek Wildfire continued Wednesday with a new set of challenges on its sixth day near the New ...

A New York state-wide burn ban went into effect Tuesday, and will continue until Nov. 30, due to increased risk of wildfires ...

Unusually dry weather, an abundance of ‘dry fuels’, low relative humidity and strong winds combine to create high risk of ...

A mix of low humidity and high winds continued to fuel the risk of brush fires in Connecticut Wednesday, officials say.

Rain chances in the metro increase after midnight, into early Wednesday morning. There is a very low risk that the storms out west will become pulse severe, with winds up to 60 mph and up to ...