Southern Wildfire Outlook: Elevated Fire Risk Expected Through Winter Despite Recent Rainfall

The National Interagency Fire Center issued its outlook for the Southern Area of the United States, in which regional fire forecasters warned of above-normal wildfire danger across much of the South from November through February, driven by abnormally high grass loads and fuel accumulation from Hurricane Helene damage.

Southern Wildfire Outlook: Elevated Fire Risk Expected Through Winter Despite Recent Rainfall

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