RALEIGH – The North Carolina Drought Management Advisory Council expanded the moderate drought classification to include 70 counties in the latest advisory released Thursday.

AND SO WITH THE DRY, BREEZY CONDITIONS, OUR FIRE DANGER TODAY ONCE AGAIN VERY, VERY HIGH. NOT ONLY HAVE THE WINDS PICKED UP, ...

Spring is finally here (despite a few cold spells in the forecast), and Washingtonians are ready to get outside! These ...

MARTINSVILLE, Va. (AP) — Denny Hamlin ended an agonizing 10-year winless streak at Martinsville Speedway, holding off ...

Were heavy rains enough to pull California out of drought? Here's which areas are still dry and which are drought-free for ...

Some 14,800 wildfires have burned 1,105 square miles so far this year — well above the 10-year average. That's according to ...

However, drought maps also reported parts Southern California are in extreme drought, boosting fire risk this spring. That’s after Southern California was already devastated by wildfires in winter.

This week, 45% of the country is in drought, when historically it’s ... meaning conditions are favorable for fires to occur. West Virginia, Tennessee, Georgia, Missouri and South Carolina ...

Around the globe, rising temperatures stoked by climate change are increasing the odds of both severe drought and heavier precipitation that wreak havoc on people and the environment. Rainfall can ...

The number of wildfires in Florida is going down, but drought conditions are getting worse, especially the farther south you go. There were 55 wildfires around the state Tuesday morning ...