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Wildfire
After snowy winter delays prevention, New Jersey faces rising wildfire risk
With a wildfire season that runs from March to May, fewer acres have burned than usual. But with fewer prescribed burns to thin combustible underbrush, severe fire remains a possibility.
ANNA MATTSON / INSIDE CLIMATE NEWS – The New Jersey Forest Fire Service this month announced an elevated risk for fire spread across Delaware and parts of New Jersey. Conditions aligned—humidity dropped, temperatures rose into the 80s and southwest winds were gusting up to 30 miles per hour, elevating fire risk across the region.
These conditions, the service said in a statement, “support the rapid spread of any fires that ignite, which could quickly become difficult to control” …
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