Two major wildfires broke out across Mississippi over the weekend as the majority of counties across the state experience dry conditions. The Mississippi Forestry Commission (MFC) released that wildland firefighters had responded to an over 2,000-acre wildfire in Hancock County near I-10 on Friday. As of Saturday afternoon, the wildfire.
A red flag warning for a large swath of Northern California has been issued by the National Weather Service out of Eureka, expecting more lightning into the early hours of Friday amid dry conditions.
The Smith River Complex continues to burn, with widespread power outages in Del Norte county set to be addressed by Friday or Saturday of this week, according to officials. Thousands of firefighters are on site building dozer lines and prepping structures. The Smith River Complex is now burning at over 47,000 acres in Del Norte County with 0% containment.