NOAA HMS classified a satellite-observed smoke area near Star, North Carolina, as medium density, observed by GOES-EAST from 15:00 to 17:00 UTC on October 15, 2026. The source states this is an observed smoke extent, not a ground-level air-quality measurement or health alert.
NOAA HMS classified a satellite-observed smoke area near Gray, Arkansas, as medium density, observed by GOES-EAST from 15:00 to 17:00 UTC on October 15, 2026. The source says this is not a ground-level air-quality measurement or health alert.
NOAA HMS classified a satellite-observed smoke area near Six Rivers National Forest as medium density, observed from 15:00 to 17:00 UTC on October 15, 2026. The source states this is not a ground-level air-quality measurement or health alert.
NOAA HMS classified the satellite-observed smoke extent as medium density, observed by GOES-EAST from 15:00 to 17:00 UTC on October 15, 2026. The source says this is not a ground-level air-quality measurement or health alert.
NOAA HMS classified the satellite-observed smoke near Buena Vista, Georgia, as medium density, based on GOES-EAST observations from 15:00 to 17:00 UTC on October 15, 2026. The source says this is an observed smoke extent, not a ground-level air-quality measurement or health alert.
NOAA HMS classified a satellite-observed smoke area near Naches as medium density, based on GOES-EAST observations from 15:00 to 17:00 UTC on October 15, 2026. The source states this is not a ground-level air-quality measurement or health alert.
A satellite observed a medium-density smoke area near Stehekin, Washington, between 15:00 and 17:00 UTC on October 15, 2026. The source states this is an observed smoke extent, not a ground-level air-quality measurement or health alert.
NOAA HMS classified a satellite-observed smoke area near Seneca, Oregon, as medium density. The observation is not a ground-level air-quality measurement or health alert.
NOAA HMS classified the observed smoke as medium density, based on GOES-EAST observations from 15:00 to 17:00 UTC on October 15, 2026. The record states this is not a ground-level air-quality measurement or health alert.
NOAA HMS classified a satellite-observed smoke area near Burns, Oregon, as medium density, based on GOES-EAST observations from 15:00 to 17:00 UTC on October 15, 2026. The source states this is an observed smoke extent, not a ground-level air-quality measurement or health alert.
NOAA HMS classified a satellite-observed smoke area near Montevallo, Alabama, as medium density. The source says this is not a ground-level air-quality measurement or health alert.
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NOAA HMS classified the satellite-observed smoke extent as medium density, based on GOES-West observations from 12:00 to 15:00 UTC on October 15, 2026. The source notes that this is not a ground-level air-quality measurement or health alert.
NOAA classified the satellite-observed smoke extent near Sharpsburg as medium density during a three-hour observation on October 15, 2026. The observation is not a ground-level air-quality measurement or health alert.
NOAA HMS classified the satellite-observed smoke area as medium density, based on GOES-West observations from 12:00 to 15:00 UTC on October 15, 2026. The source states that this is not a ground-level air-quality measurement or health alert.
A satellite record categorized a smoke area as medium density during an observation on October 15, 2026. The source clarifies that this is not a ground-level air-quality measurement or a health alert.
NOAA HMS classified a satellite-observed smoke area near Sharpsburg, Georgia, as medium density, observed by GOES-WEST from 12:00 to 15:00 UTC on October 15, 2026. The source says this is an observed smoke extent, not a ground-level air-quality measurement or health alert.
NOAA HMS classified the satellite-observed smoke as medium density during observations from 12:00 to 15:00 UTC on 15 October 2026. The source distinguishes this observation from a ground-level air-quality measurement or health alert.
A medium-density smoke area was observed by GOES-West near Chickamauga, Georgia, from 12:00 to 15:00 UTC on October 15, 2026. The source states this is not a ground-level air-quality measurement or health alert.
NOAA HMS classified a satellite-observed smoke area near Richland, Georgia, as medium density, observed by GOES-WEST from 12:00 to 15:00 UTC on October 15, 2026. The source states this is an observed smoke extent, not a ground-level air-quality measurement or health alert.
NOAA HMS classified a satellite-observed smoke area near Chickamauga as medium density, observed from 12:00 to 15:00 UTC on October 15, 2026. The source says this is an observed smoke extent, not a ground-level air-quality measurement or health alert.
NOAA HMS classified the satellite-observed smoke as medium density, based on GOES-West observations from 12:00 to 15:00 UTC on October 15, 2026. The source says this is an observed smoke extent, not a ground-level air-quality measurement or health alert.
NOAA HMS classified a satellite-observed smoke area near Richland, Georgia, as medium density. The source states this is an observed smoke extent, not a ground-level air-quality measurement or health alert.
NOAA HMS classified a satellite-observed smoke area near Thomson, Georgia, as medium density, based on GOES-West observations from 12:00 to 15:00 UTC on October 15, 2026. The source states this is an observed smoke extent, not a ground-level air-quality measurement or health alert.
The source reports a forest fire in Brazil from 12/10/2026 through 15/10/2026, with a Green alert. It provides coordinates of -10.384606994838306, -43.390190853964633.
The alert lists numerous affected counties and is in effect Friday, October 16, from morning through 8:00 p.m. CDT. It cites gusty northwest-to-north winds and low relative humidity.
A government and community campaign in Thembisa involved clearing vegetation and litter to improve public cleanliness and safety. The source gives no further results.
The source reports completion of three stormwater infrastructure projects worth R232.6 million in the South Durban Basin, with works in Prospecton, Isipingo and Umlazi.
A Red Flag Warning was issued for multiple Sierra Nevada and Motherlode areas in California, covering elevations and some highway corridors listed in the source. It is in effect from October 15 at 12:24 a.m. PDT until October 16 at 10:00 a.m. PDT.
The National Weather Service issued a Red Flag Warning for the North Bay Interior Mountains through 11 a.m. PDT on October 16, citing wind and low relative humidity. The source says this does not mean a fire is occurring.
