Gusty winds and low humidity will create a heightened fire risk Saturday morning and afternoon, the National Weather Service ...

There have been 11,000 acres in New Jersey burned in forest fires this year, Greg McLaughlin, the state administrator for ...

Though rain has fallen across New York in recent days and more precipitation is expected, climatologists predict the ...

President-elect Donald Trump has picked a prominent vaccine skeptic to lead the nation’s sprawling public health apparatus.

Parched fields and damaging blazes: The Northeast drought and wildfires in photos More than 58% of the Northeast is in ...

After almost one whole week, the Jennings Creek Wildfire had been 75% contained on Thursday, Nov. 14, officials said. The ...

Officials say 41% of the wildfire on the border of New York and New Jersey is now contained, but that residents in the Greenwood Lake area will see more smoke and flames in the next 48 hours as part ...

Fire officials are also investigating a possible link between that fire, which occurred on Oct. 30 and took days to ...

The worsening drought is forcing a second utility company in New Jersey to issue mandatory water restrictions.

New Jersey’s governor declared a drought warning. Black Hawk helicopters scooped water from a lake to dump on a burning ...

Derry, Pennsylvania Township police said Zachary Bautz, 28, of Maple Shade, New Jersey, died when his box truck veered off ...

A fire is burning along the New Jersey-New York border as an emergency drought warning emerges. CBS News' Tom Hanson has the ...