This story will be updated throughout the day as new information about Western North Carolina wildfires becomes available.1 p ...

As of the latest March 24 evening update, maps indicated that one fire in Polk County had hopped the Green River. Firefighters from across the nation are responding.

Despite crews gaining ground on containment of the Black Cove Complex fire, Polk County officials said wildfire activity ...

In Stein’s state, three fires were burning in Polk County, where people were under mandatory evacuation orders. The area, ...

Polk County Emergency Management on Friday afternoon issued a mandatory evacuation for all residents of the Piney Gate area.

Wildfires forced a mandatory evacuation in one North Carolina county as emergency crews fought separate fires in an area of ...

UPDATE: The fire in Rutherfordton is now 100% contained. Approximately 5 acres were involved, fueled by extremely high winds this afternoon. Fire crews acted swiftly to control the blaze, and ...

Evacuation orders continue to be implemented across counties in Western North Carolina due to the ongoing Polk County fires.

A voluntary evacuation warning was issued in the area of the Airport Fire burn scar due to possible debris flows, Orange ...

Along California’s North Coast, some people might only have 10 minutes to get to an evacuation area following a huge earthquake just offshore. “While damaging tsunamis are infrequent in ...

As a late-winter storm brings rain to Southern California, evacuation orders and warnings have been issued in recent wildfire burn areas in Los Angeles and Orange counties. Official interactive ...

Gaza’s health ministry said that the death toll in the enclave since the war started had passed 50,000 people.