Cities under fire alerts include New York City and Boston, where wind gusts up to 35 mph and relative humidity around 25% to 30% is expected.
Wind gusts and low humidity are helping to fuel wildfires burning across the Northeast, with cities in the region on high alert Saturday.
Red flag warnings — which indicate an increased risk of fire danger due to warm temperatures, very low humidity, and stronger winds — had been in effect for some Northeastern cities through Saturday afternoon.
A number of cities in Connecticut, Massachusetts and Rhode Island will be under a red flag warning between 9 a.m. and 6 p.m. Sunday, according to the National Weather Service….. Sign in
Wildfires rage across the Northeast as 27 million people remain under fire alerts
Wildfires rage across the Northeast as 27 million people remain under fire alerts
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Wind gusts and humidity are helping to fuel wildfires burning across the Northeast. A whopping 27 million people from New York to Massachusetts are under fire alerts Saturday afternoon.
Cities under fire alerts include New York City and Boston, where wind gusts up to 35 mph and relative humidity of around 25% to 30% is expected.
Vegetation in the area also remains very dry, with this region of the country about 6 to 8 inches behind on rainfall since Sept. 1. A cold front is expected to pass through the region Sunday, bringing up to 1 inch of rain.
A brush fire in Brooklyn’s Prospect Park burned overnight Friday into Saturday after about 2 acres of dry vegetation ignited during heavy wind gusts, the New York City Fire Department said on X. Firefighters worked overnight to extinguish the fire.
“This has been a historically dry time for New York City and more than 100 brush fires have occurred this month alone,” the FDNY said.
In Pennsylvania, firefighters are working to control a fire that erupted in Berks County due to dry and windy conditions. The fire started at around 11:30 p.m. Friday on Neversink Mountain in Reading, where smoke could be seen rising from the blaze.
The fire resulted in the evacuation of nearby residents to Amanda E. Stout Elementary School, according to Reading Mayor Eddie Morán.
