A drought in the northeast United States, combined with high winds, is creating record-breaking numbers of wildfires with dangerous smoke conditions in the New York metropolitan area and beyond.

FOX 5 NY got an exclusive inside look at the national Weather Service office on Long Island. Gusty winds, dry vegetation and ...

Or, the rain may not be enough, experts said. The National Weather Service said that Long Island will receive about three quarters of an inch of rain Wednesday night into Thursday morning, and that ...

A historic fall drought has sparked brush fires across the Northeast, including nearly 200 in Connecticut, that have resulted ...

According to the AccuWeather website, Staten Island will finally experience some rain “late Wednesday night through Thursday ...

The creation of the task force comes as numerous brush fires have plague the city, Long Island and the state in recent weeks.

For the first time in days, the Northeast was under no red flag warnings, but officials cautioned that fire danger in the ...

A Fire Weather Watch will once again be in effect this weekend as the New York City Tri-State is the driest it’s been in ...

The National Weather Service issued a red flag warning on Saturday for the entire New York City region — illustrating ...

The video shows the driver of a compact sedan pulling off Mount Vernon Avenue in Medford and heading into nearby brush with a ...

Riverhead Supervisor Tim Hubbard today signed an executive order declaring a state of emergency in the Town of Riverhead with ...