Around 40million Americans are under a fire threat as record-breaking heat has triggered blazes in New Jersey and Wisconsin, while another 50million are under severe weather alerts this weekend.
A gigantic wildfire has burned through nearly 1,000 acres of West Milford, New Jersey, leaving firefighters wrangling to contain the beast.
As of 10pm on Saturday, the New Jersey Forest Fire Service announced it had ‘100 percent contained’ the fire, but there are fears others could break out.
Firefighters had been fighting the fire since earlier this week off Route 23 North and Spring Lake Road and it is unknown how the monstrous blaze began. However, authorities said the unseasonably warm temperatures, dry vegetation and trees didn’t help stop the blaze from scotching a large area of New Jersey.
Emergency services were seen using helicopters to drop water on the blaze and faced a dangerous situation overnight on Thursday as embers flew off and started smaller fires, but firefighters aren’t too worried.
‘We have great confidence in our control lines. We will continue to mop up, patrol, cut down any dead trees,’ Greg McLaughlin of the New Jersey Forest Fire Service said, according to CBS News.
A gigantic wildfire has burned through nearly 1,000 acres of West Milford, New Jersey, leaving firefighters wrangling to contain the beast
As of 10pm on Saturday, the New Jersey Forest Fire Service announced it had ‘100 percent contained’ the fire
Firefighters have been fighting the fire since earlier this week off Route 23 North and Spring Lake Road and it is unknown how the monstrous blaze began
On Wednesday, a separate blaze started in Wisconsin. By Friday afternoon, the 3,100-acre fire was 100 percent contained as of Thursday.
The fire took down three buildings and one shed, but what started the fire is unknown.
The Northeast has enjoyed high temperatures, with places like Newark and New York City hitting in the 90s, making the start of spring feel more like high summer.
Dozens of heat records were broken on Wednesday and Thursday and NYC saw its hottest April day in years. Plenty of New Yorkers took to the city’s several parks to bathe in the warm weather and ride bikes.
Although the weekend weather will be a bit cooler, temperatures are supposed to rise again throughout the week with highs coming again on Friday.
Authorities said the unseasonably warm temperatures, dry vegetation and trees didn’t help stop the blaze from scotching a large area of New Jersey
Earlier this week, a fire started in Wisconsin on Wednesday. By Friday afternoon, the 3,100-acre fire was 100 percent contained as of Thursday (pictured: New Jersey fire)
Sunday and Monday, temperatures will go back down to normal April temperatures between the 40s and 60s.
Around 50million Americans are under alert for severe weather throughout the Great Lakes and Great Plains on Saturday.
An ‘enhanced’ risk for storms have fallen on Missouri, Louisiana and Arkansas, according to CNN, while the surrounding area – Memphis, Tennessee; Shreveport, Louisiana; and Jackson, Mississippi – only has a slight risk.
Those areas could get hail the size of golf balls. The largest hail threats will affect Arkansas, Missouri, Louisiana and parts of Texas.
The region could also experience flash flooding with one to three inches of rainfall expected, according to CNN.
Many heat records were broken last this week, with Newark and New York City hitting in the 90s. Temperatures are sinking back to normal temperatures this weekend as severe storms are expecting to roll through Sunday through Monday
While the unseasonably warm weather linger on Thursday and Friday, New Yorkers took to the city’s park to enjoy the warmth
Parks were filled with city-goers who enjoyed the break from the cold weather
The storm will move toward the Ohio Valley on Sunday bringing potential dangerous storms to the Southwest during the late weekend.
Isolated storms and potential wind damage will hit the Southeast on Sunday.
As the week roll through, however, temperatures will begin to rise again.
Minneapolis is expected to hit the low 80s on Friday, while Marquette will be in the low 70s.
After that, a cold front is expected to roll through, according to Fox Weather.
The front will hit the Upper Midwest by Saturday morning and the Great Lakes on Sunday. The Northeast will feel the effects on Monday.
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