Wildfires

The brush fire in Missouri was 600 acres when it began, but is now around 1500 acres in size.

Northeast Missouri and west-central Illinois have an elevated fire danger warning for Thursday.

There's a wildfire burning in Missouri now and a warning against burning from the state.

If you've been watching sunsets in Missouri the past couple days, you've likely noticed there's suddenly a hazy orange tint to it all. There's a reason for the quick change in how our skies appear.

We know that life can be dangerous. I will admit that I didn't know that Wisconsin was in so much jeopardy though until I saw 12 somewhat terrifying risk assessment maps from FEMA about potential natural disasters.

I'm not sure what you have planned today in Missouri, but there's one thing you need to avoid if at all possible and that's lighting a match.

In a year that has had pretty much every type of weather event already in Missouri, you can add wildfires to the list as there are reports that many are occurring right now in the Ozarks.

My dad told me that if you don't like the weather in Missouri, just wait 10 minutes. That has never been more true than this week where heat, tornadoes, snow and wildfires are all possible some on back-to-back days.