Alaska's slow start to wildfire season is a relief after Connecticut-sized area burned last year
Thanks to a cool, wet summer, wildfires so far this year have burned just 1½ times the size of New York’s Central Park.
Source: alaskapublic.org
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Will heavy snow cover dampen Alaska's fire season? Experts say don't count on it.
Alaska fire officials brace for hotter, more intense fire seasons to come.
Source: alaskapublic.org
Tundra burns helped make the 2022 Alaska fire season one of the biggest since 1950
Alaska is closing out what is likely to be the state’s seventh-biggest wildfire season since 1950, wrapping up a summer notable for record-breaking fires in the tundra of the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta in the southwestern part of the state.
Source: missoulacurrent.com
Firefighters make more headway against wildfire as winds push it away from Southwest Alaska villages
Firefighters aided for another day by favorable winds made additional progress against a historic wildfire that had threatened several Southwest Alaska communities.
Source: kyuk.org
People who fled the lower Yukon River tundra fires are asking when they can return home
“It’s going to be a personal decision and a family decision on whether it makes sense to have those folks come back,” Alaska Incident Management Team Operations Section Chief Karen Scholl said.
Source: kyuk.org