Wednesday is warmer than normal, mostly cloudy, and breezy. A stray shower or storm is possible late Wednesday into Thursday ...

Fire weather warnings stretch from the Pecos Valley of Texas all the way to the Black Hills of South Dakota.

"This research potentially shifts our conventional understanding of lightning-fire ignition mechanisms," explains Professor Yong Xue, corresponding author of the study. "Although lightning during the ...

A mix of blustery winds, dry air, warmer conditions, and the ongoing drought combine on Tuesday, February 24, to create an ...

Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders has now authorized the deployment of Arkansas forestry personnel for wildfire and storm response in both Oklahoma and Tennessee.

The Arkansas Department of Agriculture is sending some personnel to neighboring states to help with wildfire and winter storm response. The department emphasized it will continue to monitor conditions ...

Some wildfires are so intense, they create their own weather—thunderstorms driven by heat that hurtle smoke as high as 10 miles into the sky like giant chimneys. When these smoke plumes reach the thin ...

Lightning-induced wildfires are severe natural disasters. However, because of the regionality and random nature of lightning, there is still an incomplete understanding within the scientific community ...