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High winds can cause fires to expand significantly but also blow down power lines, leading to more fires.
FEMA's index calculates wildfire risk based on a community's expected annual fire losses, assigning ratings from very low to very high. A "very high" risk area means it has significantly higher ...
It's hot, but not record breaking. Here's the top 10 hottest days in Tennessee history and the forecast for July.
A spinning vortex column of ascending hot air and gases rising from a fire. [9] Fire whirls can range from less than a meter in diameter up to possibly 3 kilometers in diameter. This phenomenon can pose significant danger to wildland firefighters. [17] A fire tornado on the Park Fire. A fire tornado produced by the Park Fire. Park Fire [18 ...
Cleveland, Ohio reached 101 °F on July 21. Akron-Canton airport said that it was its warmest year on record with an all time July record of 101 °F on July 7. [39] On July 8, the heat eased across the east as the high pressure center shifted west, causing hot weather once again build in the mountain states and the southwest U. S. [7] [8] [40]
One of the largest wildfires was the Chimney Tops 2 Fire, which burned more than 10,000 acres, and closed the Chimney Tops Trail. [ 11 ] The Great Smoky Mountains wildfires were the deadliest wildfires in Tennessee, [ 12 ] as well as the deadliest wildfires in the eastern U.S. since the Great Fires of 1947 , which killed 16 people in Maine .
The literal floodgates are open all along the Tennessee River as it moves Helene's floodwater from the Smokies to the Ohio River. Why Knoxville shouldn't worry about rising Tennessee River levels ...
It wreaked havoc from Alabama to Maine, killing 13 in Tennessee and 200 nationwide. Why Tennessee had so many winter deaths in this month's storms remains a mystery, and state agencies remain ...