US EditionWildfires scorch central and west-central Nebraska
- On Friday morning, Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen declared a state of emergency for Morrill, Garden, Arthur, Keith, Lincoln, Dawson and Frontier counties, and by Saturday morning an estimated 600,000 acres had burned with one person dead.
- The National Weather Service issued Red Flag warnings Thursday as dry, windy conditions with shifting gusts drove fires to spread rapidly, while the Nebraska Emergency Management Agency reported roughly 24 wildfire reports in 24 hours.
- The Morrill Fire scorched an estimated 450,000 acres and traveled more than 65 miles in roughly six hours, while the Cottonwood Fire near Brady burned about 100,000 acres, the Road 203 Fire roughly 40,000 acres, and the Anderson Bridge Fire approximately 6,000 acres.
- Evacuations were ordered for Lewellen and Lake McConaughy, with at least 300 people evacuated near Brady where a school opened as a shelter; some structures were destroyed by a western panhandle blaze.
- Pillen issued a statewide burn ban effective through 11:59 p.m. on March 27, warned "These fires present a significant and active danger, given current weather conditions," and said the state will seek FEMA assistance.
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Powerful winds and extreme weather knock out power, damage property and fuel wildfires across parts of U.S.
Hundreds of thousands of people were left without power Saturday after high winds raked eastward from the Great Lakes region. Farther west, at least one person died in a massive wind-driven wildfire in Nebraska.
High winds cause power outages in Rust Belt, fuel fires in Nebraska
Powerful winds and extreme weather are knocking out power, damaging property and fueling wildfires across parts of the United States. Frigid temperatures and snow return to Midwest, and rain pummels Hawaii.
Wind gusts among strongest on record batter Midwest, fuel deadly Nebraska fires
Hundreds of thousands of people were left without power Saturday after high winds raked eastward from the Great Lakes region, leaving trees down and substantial property damage in their wake. Further west, at least one person died in a massive wind-driven wildfire in Nebraska.Nearly 450,000 customers were still affected by midafternoon in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Michigan, according to PowerOutage.us, which tracks outages nationwide.RELATED STORY …
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