Recent federal layoffs at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) have raised alarms among local leaders in Central Texas, who fear that crit

Meteorologists warned of "dangerous, potentially historic" conditions amid extreme fire weather across much of the Lonestar State.

A Fire Weather Watch will be in effect on Tuesday for all of South Central Texas due to very high to extreme fire danger, says the National Weather Service.

From hurricane season to ice storms, severe weather alerts in Texas might change after scientists at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the National Weather Service were fired.

As explosive gusts wreak havoc across Austin, reports show that a spate of flights have been grounded as wind speeds are hitting nearly 30 mph.

A powerful storm is moving across the country and spawning multiple fires and severe thunderstorms with hurricane-force wind gusts and tornadoes that are knocking out power and causing damage Tuesday.

The dry and windy conditions will be ripe for embers from a cigarette, a chain on the back of a truck or sparks from machinery to ignite on dry vegetation and be carried for over a mile.

Wildfires erupted in Texas on Tuesday afternoon in San Patricio County, and in Buda, a town just south of Austin. Strong winds have knocked out power to more than 20,000 customers.

The National Weather Service Prediction Center said on X that Monday afternoon, "travel hazardous" throughout the middle and southern Plains due to the haboobs, or dust storms, and the strong wind gusts that drive their movement.