Most of the Tri-State area, including New York City, is now in a severe drought, according to the Drought Center.

Amid an unprecedented drought, New York City is witnessing wildfires within its city limits — including in Manhattan. Doug ...

The results of a 12-year study involving 400,000 pregnant women found that breathing polluted air during the second trimester increases the risk of premature birth.

High fire danger impacting millions of people across New York and New Jersey is forecast to last through the weekend, as the ...

For hourly updates as wildfires continue to burn throughout the region, check out the New Jersey wildfire, smoke map.

Firefighters are slowly making progress in their battle against a wildfire at the border of New Jersey and New York.

Firefighters managed to contain a large brush fire in Brooklyn's Prospect Park Friday night, officials with the New York City Fire Department said. Four engine companies will remain on the scene ...

In Brooklyn’s Prospect Park on Sunday, onlookers gawked at a charred hilltop, where newly fallen leaves had already obscured the scorched earth of Friday’s 2-acre brushfire. Some respected two “Do Not ...

As efforts to battle a wildfire on the New Jersey/New York border continue, much of southern New York is now under a red flag warning, pointing to a heightened risk of additional fires. The Jennings ...

Brooks Hudgins, a musician who decamped from Los Angeles to Williamsburg in 2019, said 90-second “navy showers” were the norm ...

After meager rainfall Sunday night, we’re back to extreme fire danger in the tri-state area Tuesday.  A red flag warning is ...