Wildfires in western North Carolina: Weather conditions, containment updates
The fire was first reported on March 20, caused by a downed power line. North Carolina remains under a statewide burn ban.
Polk County roads damaged by Helene complicate WNC firefighting efforts
Wildfires in Polk County had burned over 2,000 acres by March 22. Two were along a stretch of Green River already damaged by ...
来自MSN3 个月
IFS officer shares video of bridge built to access forest after river changes course
Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer Parveen Kaswan shared an awe-inspiring glimpse of the lengths forest officials go to in ensuring the safety of wildlife and natural resources. Sharing a video ...
Asheville Citizen-Times6 天
WNC wildfire hopped river in two places: See evacuation readiness map for Polk, Henderson
The two larger fires, the Deep Woods Fire and the ... Cove fire had hopped over the Green River, spreading to the west ridge of Cove Mountain. N.C. Forest Service spokesperson E.
National Geographic news1 个月
This vanishing forest protects the coasts—and lives—of two countries
When the river finally surged into the cemetery across from Haldar’s garden, disinterring skeletons and contaminating the village’s drinking pools, it filled her one-room hut waist-deep in ...
Firefighters, residents brace for potential merger of Black Cove and Deep Woods fires
The North Carolina State Fire Marshal is asking for help from fire departments nationwide to come to Polk County and help ...