几天来，美国东北部第一次处于红旗警告，但官员们警告说火灾危险由于干旱状况持续，该地区的失业率仍然很高。
随着新泽西、纽约、康涅狄格和马萨诸塞州连续几天发生野火，情况有所改善，周六晚上整个东北部地区解除了所有红色警报，这些警报标志着强风和低相对湿度等关键的火灾天气条件。
东北部最大的野火仍然是詹宁斯溪大火，在纽约奥兰治县和新泽西州帕塞伊克县的边界燃烧。据纽约州立公园部发言人杰夫·韦尼克(Jeff Wernick)说，这场大火已经烧毁了5000多英亩(约合1000平方米)的土地，导致数百人在周六晚上自愿撤离，当时它越过了格林伍德湖附近的警戒线，威胁到了哇塔哇公园私人海滩社区的房屋。
周日早上，奥兰治县消防官员表示，“整夜保护建筑物的努力是成功的，没有建筑物处于危险之中。”
官员们表示，纽约空军国民警卫队支奴干和黑鹰直升机在詹宁斯溪火灾上的水滴将在周日产生更多可见的烟雾。
官员们说，詹宁斯克里克大火的88%被控制在纽约一侧，90%被控制在新泽西一侧。
官员说，大火于11月9日爆发，烧毁了从新泽西州帕塞伊克县的西米尔福德到纽约奥兰治县的斯特林森林国家公园以及格林伍德湖纽约和新泽西两侧的干旱炎热的荒地。
詹宁斯溪火灾的原因仍在调查中。
官员称，本月早些时候，一名纽约州公园和娱乐公司的员工在帮助扑灭詹宁斯溪大火时遇难。纽约州警方确认死者是18岁的达里尔·瓦斯奎兹.
帮助火势蔓延的阵风预计将在周日减弱，峰值速度为每小时15至25英里，相对湿度预计将略高，为消防员提供一些缓解。周日和周一的气温也将比平均气温高出10至20度，气温将升至60度左右。
但是长时间的干燥天气预计将会持续，东北部可能要到周三或周四才会有可测量的降雨。虽然任何降雨都是有益的，但即将到来的风暴带来一英寸或更多降雨的可能性越来越大，本周晚些时候新英格兰也可能出现一些高海拔的降雪。
据新泽西州森林消防局(New Jersey Forest Fire Service)称，自10月1日以来，新泽西州消防人员已经应对了至少537起野火，这些野火吞噬了4500英亩土地，而纽约州环境保护部(New York State Department of Environmental Conservation)的官员表示，自10月1日以来，纽约消防人员已经与60起野火进行了战斗，这些野火吞噬了2100英亩土地。
上周，国家气象局曾一度在新泽西州和纽约州发布了多次红色火灾危险警告。上周，至少有15个纽约县发布了红色预警，包括纽约市和整个长岛。
东北部爆发了多起野火，包括纽约市的一些野火，其中一场在曼哈顿上城区的因伍德社区燃起，另一场在布鲁克林的展望公园烧焦了林地。
由于火灾危险性很高，纽约州州长凯西·霍楚尔发布了全州禁止户外用火的禁令。
FDNY消防专员罗伯特·s·塔克说，纽约市的一连串火灾促使纽约消防局成立了该局100年历史上的第一个“丛林火灾特遣队”。
塔克表示，该任务组将包括一支由消防队长、消防检查员和战术无人机部队组成的专门团队，他们将“帮助确保对灌木丛火灾做出快速有效的反应，进行全面调查，以帮助确定每起火灾的原因和起因，并加强数据和信息共享，以防止火灾发生。”
塔克在一份声明中说:“通过建立这个特别工作组，我们正在采取切实行动防止灌木丛火灾的发生，制定协议以确保我们的成员在实地的安全，并在这些火灾发生后努力查明火灾的原因，以确保纽约人未来的安全。”“我还想敦促纽约人遵循我们的重要安全提示，帮助我们减少发生丛林火灾的机会。”
在美国其他地方，南部平原的一个发展中的风暴系统预计将在周日和周一给德克萨斯州和俄克拉荷马州的部分地区带来严重的天气威胁。
周日下午到晚上，德克萨斯州的城市可能会出现强烈到严重的风暴，包括威奇托瀑布、阿比林和米德兰。雷暴预计还会带来破坏性的大风、大冰雹和分散的龙卷风。
俄克拉荷马城地区和得克萨斯州的韦科周一也将出现恶劣天气。从德克萨斯州北部到俄克拉荷马州，洪水观察一直持续到周一晚上，可能会有2到5英寸的降雨。
No new red flag warnings, but fire danger persists throughout Northeast
For the first time in days, the Northeast was under nored flag warnings, but officials cautioned thatfire dangerin the region remains high as drought conditions persist.
All red flag warnings, which signal critical fire weather conditions like strong winds and low relative humidity, were lifted throughout the Northeast Saturday evening as conditions improved following days of wildfires that broke out across New Jersey, New York, Connecticut and Massachusets.
The biggest wildfire in the Northeast remains the Jennings Creek Fire, burning on the border of New York's Orange County and New Jersey's Passaic County. The fire, which has burned more than 5,000 acres, prompted hundreds of voluntary evacuations Saturday night when it jumped a containment line near Greenwood Lake and threatened homes in the private beach community of Wah-ta-Wah Park, according to New York State Parks Department spokesperson Jeff Wernick.
On Sunday morning, Orange County fire officials said "efforts overnight to protect structures were successful and no structures are in danger."
Officials said water drops on the Jennings Creek Fire from New York Air National Guard Chinook and Black Hawk helicopters will produce more visible smoke on Sunday.
The Jennings Creek Fire was 88% contained on the New York side and 90% contained on the New Jersey side, officials said.
The blaze broke out Nov. 9 and burned drought-parched wildland stretching from West Milford in Passaic County, New Jersey, to the Sterling Forest State Park in New York's Orange County, and on both the New York and New Jersey sides of Greenwood Lake, officials said.
The cause of the Jennings Creek Fire remains under investigation.
A New York State Parks and Recreation employee was killed earlier this month while helping the battle the Jennings Creek Fire, officials said. The deceased parks employee was identified by the New York State Police as18-year-old Dariel Vasquez.
Wind gusts, which have helped fan the fire, are forecast to be lighter on Sunday, peaking at 15 to 25 mph, and relative humidity is expected to be slightly higher, allowing for some relief for firefighters. Temperatures will also top out around 10 to 20 degrees above average on Sunday and Monday, with temperatures rising to the low to mid 60s.
But the prolonged period of dry weather is expected to persist with no measurable rainfall expected in the Northeast until possibly Wednesday or Thursday. While any rain is beneficial, there is an increasing chance for an inch or more of rain from the upcoming storm, with some higher-elevation snow also possible in New England late in the week.
Since Oct. 1, New Jersey firefighters have responded to at least 537 wildfires that have consumed 4,500 acres, according to the New Jersey Forest Fire Service, while officials at the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation said New York fire crews have battled 60 wildfires since Oct. 1 that have burned 2,100 acres.
At one point last week, the National Weather Service had issued numerous red flag fire danger warnings throughout New Jersey and New York. At least 15 New York counties were under red flag warnings last week, including New York City and all of Long Island.
Multiple wildfires broke out across the Northeast, including some in New York City, where one ignited in the Inwood neighborhood of upper Manhattan and another scorched wooded land in Brooklyn's Prospect Park.
Due to the high fire danger, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul issued a statewide ban on outdoor fires.
The rash of fires in New York City prompted the New York Fire Department to create the first "brush fire task force" in the department's 100-year history, FDNY Fire Commissioner Robert S. Tucker said.
Tucker said the task force will involve a dedicated team of fire marshals, fire protection inspectors and tactical drone units that will "help ensure rapid and effective responses to brush fires, conduct comprehensive investigations to help determine the cause and origin of each fire, and enhance data and information sharing to prevent fires from occurring."
"By creating this task force, we are taking real action to prevent brush fires from occurring, putting protocols in place to keep our members safe while they are in the field, and working to identify the causes of these fires after they happen to keep New Yorkers safe in the future," Tucker said in a statement. "I also want to urge New Yorkers to follow our important safety tips and help us reduce the chances of a brush fire occurring."
Elsewhere in the country, a developing storm system in the Southern Plains is forecast to bring a severe weather threat to parts of Texas and Oklahoma on Sunday and Monday.
On Sunday afternoon and into the evening, strong to severe storms are likely in cities across Texas, including Wichita Falls, Abilene and Midland. The thunderstorms are also expected to bring damaging wind, large hail and scattered tornadoes.
Severe weather is also forecast for Monday in the Oklahoma City area and Waco, Texas. A flood watch is in effect from northern Texas through Oklahoma until Monday evening, with 2 to 5 inches of rain likely.
