Hempstead Town Supervisor Don Clavin also highlighted the importance of water conservation during the drought.

A severe drought in the Northeast, that isn't expected to lessen up soon, has caused an "unprecedented number of brush fires" ...

New Jersey’s governor declared a drought warning. Black Hawk helicopters scooped water from a lake to dump on a burning ...

Maui firefighters quickly contained a 5-acre brush fire along Kuihelani Highway, which started as a 1-acre blaze. No injuries ...

Suffolk firefighters were battling a brush fire Thursday afternoon in Coram as conditions stayed ripe for wildfires.

The Red Flag Warning in effect for Long Island and much of downstate New York was lifted Thursday but the National Weather Service said mild, dry weather is in the immediate forecast and the threat of ...

This hyena mistook this sleeping hippo for its next meal. What happens next you’ll have to see to believe. Buzz60’s Tony ...

Around 30 miles away in New York City, a brush fire broke out in a park on the northern tip of Manhattan, sending smoke ...

The fires in the Northeast haven't caused major evacuations, but a Connecticut firefighter died battling a wildfire last ...