Crews stressed "the potential for changing wind conditions due to forecasted thunderstorms," which could quickly alter the ...

A massive blaze was seen from the Mat-Su College campus in Palmer, Alaska on Monday, sparking fears among locals there.

A series of thunderstorms over the weekend brought lightning that sparked dozens of new wildfires across mainland Alaska's southern region, state officials say. The slow-moving ...

A wildfire that sprang up Saturday evening in Anderson prompted emergency evacuation orders for residents of the small Interior Alaska city. Evacuation orders remained in place overnight into ...

Almost 50 large wildfires are burning in a dozen US states from Texas to Alaska. The McKinley Fire, which has now spread to more than 4,300 acres in Alaska, has destroyed at least 80 structures so far ...

As of Thursday night, more than 200 wildfires were blazing in our most northern state, including a monster-sized wildfire, The Swan Lake fire that was ignited by lightning on June 5. The Swan Lake ...

Alaska’s spring season varies greatly across the state: from deep snow and below-zero temperatures in Fairbanks and Delta Junction, to clear skies and snowy forecasts in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta and ...

Alaska wildfires burned more than 1 million acres this year, putting the 2025 season at about the average for recent decades. Alaska fire seasons of more than 1 million acres have become more frequent ...

NEW YORK, May 25 (Reuters) - Firefighters in Alaska on Sunday were battling a massive wildfire that was pushing towards hundreds of homes and vacation cabins, with residents urged to be ready for a ...

Firefighters are continuing to battle two very serious wildfires, one that started on Sunday, and another on Monday afternoon, that have forced numerous evacuations and already destroyed many homes.

But seasonal wildland fire outlooks usually don't factor in lightning because local lightning forecasts are difficult and time-consuming to put together. A group of researchers at the University of ...

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