The Wildfires thread

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Google Satellite view is already updated.

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https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20250301_10/

Japan faces one of its largest wildfires in the Iwate prefecture

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https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/02/world/asia/japan-wildfire.html

Here is more on the wildfire in Japan.

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https://www.live5news.com/2025/03/02/gov-mcmaster-declares-state-emergency-south-carolina-over-wildfires/

https://abc7.com/post/south-carolina-fires-today-evacuations-ordered-north-gov-henry-mcmaster-declares-state-emergency/15969716/

South Carolina faces a wildfire threat and the state has issued a state of Emergency. 

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 Here is more from South Carolina.

Here is an update from Japan. 

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https://www.wmbfnews.com/2025/03/03/smoky-conditions-expected-crews-continue-battle-carolina-forest-wildfire/

Here is an update on the South Carolina wildfires.

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https://www.wmbfnews.com/2025/03/07/sc-forestry-commission-jails-carolina-forest-woman-fire-charges-records-show/



One person is accused of arson for one of the wildfires in South Carolina.

[Ted$8roadFan]

Wildfires have come to Long Island.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/york-governor-declares-emergency-brush-010538525.html

[jgb191]

South Texas is also facing a very rare threat of Wildfires, with winds blowing northwest from Mexico bringing dry heat to our area.  Most of South Texas highs will be top out in the triple digits as much as 103 degrees with plummeting humidity.  The Heat index will actually be a few degrees less than the air temperature itself -- only a couple of places will see Heat Index in triple-digits.

https://forecast.weather.gov/showsigwx.php?warnzone=TXZ253&warncounty=TXC215&firewxzone=TXZ253&local_place1=2%20Miles%20W%20Mc%20Allen%20TX&product1=Fire+Weather+Watch&lat=26.2198&lon=-98.2715

https://forecast.weather.gov/showsigwx.php?warnzone=TXZ239&warncounty=TXC479&firewxzone=TXZ239&local_place1=2%20Miles%20NW%20Laredo%20TX&product1=Fire+Weather+Watch&lat=27.5343&lon=-99.4866

[ZLoth]

This was all issued today for the DFW area:

• High Wind Watch
• High Wind Warning
• Fire Weather Watch
• Red Flag Warning

With the high winds, I'm wondering if a haboob will occur today as it did last week.

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https://apnews.com/article/wildfires-texas-florida-arkansas-2b371c667e0cf10473f1dce7e2859a38


Florida and Arkansas face wildfire threats.

https://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/brush-fire-in-miami-dade-how-big-is-the-fire-red-flag-warning-and-more/3571832/


https://www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/florida-fire-map-active-wildfires-2025/

https://katv.com/news/local/arkansas-wildfires-county-evacuations-danger-fire-safety

[Road Hog]

I've never seen big wildfires in Arkansas ever, even during some brutal summers like the first one I remember, 1980. We're talking square miles burned and even some buildings, including Camp Robinson and the landmark St. Joseph's orphanage in NLR.

There was a fairly large fire I remember up atop Crow Mountain in Pope County in 1986, which had a brief but intense hot and dry spell where it hit 110º but broke thereafter. But that was at the end of July.

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Here is the fallout from the Florida Wildfires.

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https://katv.com/news/local/camdens-first-united-methodist-church-suffers-severe-damage-as-wildfires-ravage-the-area-ouachita-county-sheriffs-office-fairview-road-warren-cash-jenkins-and-mount-holly-road

Here is more this time from Arkansas.

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https://katv.com/news/local/camdens-first-united-methodist-church-suffers-severe-damage-as-wildfires-ravage-the-area-ouachita-county-sheriffs-office-fairview-road-warren-cash-jenkins-and-mount-holly-road

Here is more this time from Arkansas.

Harrowing image.

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https://www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/miami-dade-county-brush-fire-palisades-size-california-florida/

One of the Florida Wildfires is being compared to the ones that hit the Los Angeles area in January 2025.

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https://apnews.com/article/south-korea-wildfires-sancheong-eb69d6080b6063b274337bee940c1853

South Korea is reporting a wildfire and two lives are dead due to the firefighting attempts in the area.

[Max Rockatansky]

These brush fires in the Everglades aren't super uncommon during the dry season.  I used to run into several during the dry months when I was living down in the Keys.  A couple years ago I had to detour around a large brush fire closure on FL 997 while making my wife to Everglades National Park. 

Both Card Sound Road and the 18 Mile Stretch have little to no structures in them.  There isn't really anywhere to create a fire break other than the two highways.

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Here is an update on one of the fires hitting Florida.

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https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2025/mar/24/dry-conditions-forecast-to-continue-in-arkansas/




Here are the updates on wildfires in Arkansas.

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24 deaths are reported in the South Korea wildfires.


https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/death-toll-south-korea-wildfires-rises-15-yonhap-says-2025-03-25/

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https://apnews.com/article/wildfires-north-south-carolina-evacuations-8118312c56468a0025c79cb5cd5e2b9f


Here is an update on wildfires in the Carolinas.