Historically dry conditions and drought in the mid-Atlantic and Northeastern part of the United States are a key factor in ...

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MORRISTOWN, N.J. − A parks employee was killed battling blazes that stretched from New Jersey into New York over the weekend ...

Wildfires that are raging across New York and New Jersey highlight a new threat to one of the world’s most affluent regions.

A historic lack of rain. Dozens of brush fires, including one Wednesday in Inwood Hill Park. Rail disruptions fueled by a ...

And heatwaves fuelled by climate change can worsen dry conditions when they do occur, by increasing evaporation from the soil ...

With wildfire activity flaring in the Northeast and continued burns in California, scientists are concerned by coast-to-coast ...

We have recently seen entire communities wiped off the map by wildfires fueled by ever-hotter weather. This has grave ...

Dry conditions in the Northeast are worsening, creating a scenario for fire danger in the region to persist, an updated map ...

Some of the hardest hit areas could require 7 inches or more of rain to end the dry spell fueling East Coast wildfires this ...

((AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)) Donalds, whose campaign has benefited from oil and gas interests, failed to note the impact that climate change has had on his own state and the wildfires ...