Nick Austin
Wednesday, August 18, 2021
How do wildfires get their names?
Unlike hurricane names, which come from predetermined lists, wildfire names are a bit more arbitrary.
Unlike hurricane names, which come from predetermined lists, wildfire names are a bit more arbitrary.
Truckers will keep hitting areas of low visibility, poor air quality and potential road closures due to dozens of Western wildfires (forecast video included).
Oregon’s Bootleg wildfire, the largest in the country, is almost as big as Oklahoma City, the eighth-largest U.S. city by area (forecast video included).
Drought, gusty winds and dry thunderstorms will keep the risk of new wildfire development elevated in many Western states (forecast video included).
Smoke from Oregon’s Bootleg fire, and dozens of others in the West, could limit truckers’ visibility and produce poor air quality (forecast video included).