Deanne Criswell has spent years sounding the alarm about busier disaster seasons. Just days before the former chief of the ...

High temperatures, strong winds and low humidity are causing a group of wildfires to spread rapidly through western North Carolina, risking further damage to areas already ravaged by Hurricane Helene.

The peak wind gust today hit 75 mph - just over hurricane force which is 74 mph or greater. The strongest winds ever to hit ...