ST. LOUIS – Concern is growing across Missouri and Illinois about the potential for active wildfires later this fall if more rain doesn’t come soon!
The St. Louis area has not received measurable rain since Sept. 27, and we are currently on pace for the driest October on record! As bad as that sounds, the situation is worse over central and western Missouri, where many spots are closing in on their longest stretch of dry weather in history!
Cody Norris, the public affairs officer with the U.S. Forest Service for the Mark Twain Forest, said the service is keeping a close watch on the dry weather…