Alaska Public Media

Crews scramble after heat, dry lightning spark multiple Alaska wildfires

This year's fire season started slowly due to cool and rainy weather, but it roared to life last week with near-record heat and Red Flag warnings in effect around the Interior and elsewhere in the ...
Alaska Public Media

Alaska researchers are using AI to help wildfire managers plan for lightning activity

But seasonal wildland fire outlooks usually don't factor in lightning because local lightning forecasts are difficult and time-consuming to put together. A group of researchers at the University of ...
Yahoo

New Mat-Su fire among dozens sparked by thousands of lightning strikes around Alaska

Jun. 19—A lightning fire that started Thursday in Mat-Su was among dozens of new wildland blazes sparked around Alaska by thunderstorms, wind and high temperatures. The Mat-Su fire was located near ...
The Spokesman-Review

Fire in south-central Alaska among dozens sparked by thousands of lightning strikes around state

ANCHORAGE, Alaska – A lightning fire that started Thursday in the Mat-Su Valley was among dozens of new wildland blazes sparked around Alaska by thunderstorms, wind and high temperatures. The Mat-Su ...