BISMARCK – North Dakota firefighters fought numerous blazes over the weekend as Red Flag Warnings have been persistent due to dry and windy conditions across much of the state. Engines and firefighters from the North Dakota Wildland Task Force,

Wildfire smoke has triggered an air alert in the region through Wednesday. Experts warn poor air could return this summer as drought persists.

On Sunday alone, 20 fires ignited, leading to a total of 60 fire starts reported over the weekend, which burned over 1,100 new acres in addition to the ongoing Turtle Mountain fire complex.

The NWS reported a record 99 in Grand Forks on Sunday, breaking the previous May 11 record of 88 in 1977. Fargo hit 95, breaking the previous May 11 high temperature of 93 last seen in 1887.

Earlier this week, the National Weather Service announced "serious" fire warnings for nine U.S. states. A "Red Flag Warning" was issued for Arizona, New Mexico, Montana, Nebraska, South Dakota, North Dakota,

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At least 9 million people in the nation's upper Midwest region are under red flag warnings on Monday, including residents of Minnesota, where a wildfire was already burning out of control in the largest national forest east of the Mississippi River.

It's not that unusual to see record warmth in May. But what we've seen the past two days in one of the country's notorious upper Midwest cold spots grabbed the attention of our meteorologists.

A large swath of Minnesota, Wisconsin, the Dakotas and Nebraska was on high alert on Monday. Temperatures were expected to approach 100 degrees in some places.

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Sunday morning , the fire weather watch expands to include west Polk, Norman, Clay, west Marshall, Pennington, Red Lake, east Polk, north Clearwater, south Beltrami, Mahnomen, south Clearwater, Hubbard, west Becker, east Becker, Wilkin, west Otter Tail, east Otter Tail, Wadena and Grant counties in northwestern and western Minnesota.

A lightning storm in western North Dakota reportedly caused four fires Sunday night, all of which were put out by the end of the day.