The Arkansas Department of Agriculture launched an online dashboard detailing active wildfires across the state this week, as a months-long drought has left a third of the state at a high risk for wildfires and nearly the entire state under burn bans. The dashboard shows the current number of wildfires and acres affected by them, […]
The National Weather Service expects a dangerous heat wave to continue through Aug. 20 in West Tennessee. In Memphis, the maximum heat index — what the temperature feels like to the human body — is expected to remain at or above 107 degrees through Thursday. Heat indices in more rural areas of the state are […]
The Trump administration has pulled federal support from the Arctic Report Card, an annual, peer-reviewed report that has been published by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration since 2006. NOAA will no longer provide administrative support for the report, though NOAA scientists and programs will continue to collect climate data, said a statement released by […]
The National Weather Service announced Friday that nearly all of Montana south of the Hi-Line would be under a red flag warning through Saturday night.
While two-thirds of Montana is getting a bit of relief from wildfire smoke, conditions in the western portion likely will continue to be smoky, according to the Montana Department of Environmental Quality. By Monday afternoon, smoke had cleared out of much of the central portion of the state, with Great Falls, Helena and Havre all […]
With air quality reaching unhealthy levels in Boise and much of Idaho this week due to wildfire smoke, local officials are recommending the public take health precautions and seek out free resources to learn more about air quality levels. On Monday and Tuesday, the air quality index in Boise and other parts of Idaho exceeded […]
With Arkansas temperatures hitting triple digits again Tuesday, football practices and summer camps are changing plans to avoid the worst of the heat. The National Weather Service has placed the entire state under a heat advisory, at a minimum, with large swaths of central and eastern Arkansas placed under a more severe extreme heat warning […]
Gov. Larry Rhoden has asked the federal government to help pay for nearly $4.6 million in damage to public property in South Dakota caused by storms late last month and early this month. Wind gusts of 100 miles an hour or more tore through central and eastern South Dakota between June 28 and July 3, […]
OKLAHOMA CITY — Intense heat is expected to continue around Oklahoma as triple-digit temperatures increase in the next week. The National Weather Service in Norman forecasts it will feel like between 105 to 110 degrees next week across Oklahoma. Actual temperatures are expected to reach 100 to 105 degrees. John Pike, a meteorologist with the […]
On Sunday, Billings hit 111 degrees and Miles City was one of the hottest places in Montana at 114. 90s and thunderstorms are due for the rest of the week.Â
