From the high Plains east of the Rockies to the foothills of the central Appalachians, about 100 million people across 22 ...

Churning tornado winds scouring hundreds of miles of tinder-box parched land threatens a near 10-state wildfire inferno.

Read more about these maps. Please be aware that wind gusts can be 40 percent stronger than the average wind speeds presented here, and stronger still in thunderstorms and squalls.