Fire Chief Terry Essary said at a news conference Saturday that the fires spread rapidly and crews had difficulty containing each one because of the high winds and low humidity. He said they quickly ...

Following wildfires Friday that destroyed dozens of homes, Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt declared a disaster in 12 counties, removing restrictions from vehicle weight requirements and other regulations to ...

Ten days after wildfires ripped through Stillwater and Payne County, officials provided an update on how destructive those ...

“Nobody has enough resources to fight fires when the wind is blowing 70 mph,” said Terry Essary, the fire chief of Stillwater, Oklahoma. “It’s an insurmountable task.” The Oklahoma Department of ...

As Stillwater prepares for the possibility of more fires this week, fire Chief Terry Essary shares his experiences and concerns about the ongoing crisis. "Being here, being the chief and seeing my ...

Crews trying to control the fires were quickly overwhelmed while going up against the high winds and low humidity fueling the flames on Friday, said Stillwater Fire Chief Terry Essary. “It’s an ...

Residents are surveying damage from unusually vicious weather in multiple states where violent twisters, blinding dust storms and fast-moving wildfires decimated neighborhoods.

Dangerous weather system moves to the East Coast, with warnings for high winds stretching from Florida to New Jersey.

Residents pounded by unusually vicious weather across parts of the U.S. surveyed damage Sunday from violent tornadoes, high ...

Violent tornadoes and high winds decimated homes, wiped out schools and toppled semitractor-trailers as a monster storm that killed at least 32 people ripped its way across the central and ...