The restrictions, meant to curtail more fires and conserve the city’s water supply, will mandate that city and state agencies take actions that mean fleets of LIRR, MetroNorth and MTA trains ...

A drought in the northeast United States, combined with high winds, is creating record-breaking numbers of wildfires with dangerous smoke conditions in the New York metropolitan area and beyond.

City officials announced the designation for the first time in more than 20 years as wildfires burned and residents continued to await meaningful rainfall.

NEW YORK CITY - A drought warning for New York City has been issued, NYC Emergency Management said. Dry conditions across the ...

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Hundreds of wildfires and brush fires have burned across the Northeast as the region struggles under a historic drought.

For the first time in days, the Northeast was under no red flag warnings, but officials cautioned that fire danger in the ...

It’s been a year of unusual extremes for New Yorkers.

A red flag warning was in effect Saturday - underscoring the danger for fires to spread easily and rapidly. The FDNY says it ...

Red flag warnings are in effect across eight states, including nearly 43 million people in the northeast as fire danger ...

The National Weather Service issued a red flag warning on Saturday for the entire New York City region — illustrating ...

Red Flag fire warnings continued in North Jersey Saturday, Nov. 16, as responders continued to contain the Jennings Creek ...