Track ongoing wildfires and smoke in Kansas as red flag warnings and fire danger continue for much of the state.

A wildfire in the vicinity of Woodward, Oklahoma, is spreading rapidly. Evacuations have been ordered in Kansas too, amid the Ranger Road fire.

The Oklahoma Highway Patrol is blunt about it: “do not drive into smoke.” Trooper Travis Burgess closed the eastbound lanes ...

Several wildfires continued burning Thursday, Feb. 19, across the Texas and Oklahoma panhandles as red flag warnings and high wind advisories linger.

Around 24,000 die in the United States annually due to wildfire smoke, according to a study published in the journal Science Advances on Wednesday.

Update (4:07 p.m.): The northbound lanes have reopened.

Wildfire seasons that once felt exceptional are now routine, and the smoke they generate is emerging as a far more potent public health threat than earlier estimates suggested. Instead of behaving ...