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Low air quality levels prompted health advisories after smoke from wildfires in Canada blew into the Southeast. The air quality is forecast to improve Wednesday.

Older people with limited mobility and chronic health conditions requiring the use of electrically powered medical devices were especially vulnerable. Experts are warning such risks to society’s oldest are growing as disasters increase amid climate change.

Residents in the Tampa Bay area are dealing with lingering smoke after a brush fire at Brooker Creek Preserve this week. East Lake Fire Rescue, Oldsmar...

The massive wildfires in California have raised concerns about air quality for vulnerable populations, such as children and people with heart or lung conditions.

Prescribed burns are a part of precautions taken throughout Florida to prevent massive forest fires by clearing flammable debris from the ground. They...

Florida faced 32 active wildfires Monday, as dry conditions in parts of the state continued to pose a threat for blazes. Agriculture Commissioner Adam…

Florida’s top agriculture official wants more funding to fight wildfires. Firefighters worked hard to control this year’s burns, before heavy rainfall...

Florida officials are urging residents to take precautions and comply with burn bans as forecasts predict even drier conditions going into the spring...

As of Monday, more than 2,000 wildfires had burned throughout Florida since the start of this year, and state officials say more than a 120 wildfires...

Gov. Rick Scott declared a state of emergency Tuesday morning because of the number of wildfires burning around Florida. Officials say wildfires in...