Drought conditions leave elevated fire risks across Indiana

Dry conditions, soaring temperatures, and high winds have increased fire risks across Indiana this week. Melissa Widhelm is the associate director of the Midwest Regional Climate Center. “When we have dry grasses along ditches and we have dry crops, any kind of spark can really ignite things and that wind can take off,” she says. […]

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