As efforts to battle a wildfire on the New Jersey/New York border continue, much of southern New York is now under a red flag warning, pointing to a heightened risk of additional fires. The Jennings Creek Wildfire has burned through thousands of acres in northern New Jersey and New York's Orange County,

The National Weather Service has issued a red flag warning of potential wildfires for the mid-Hudson Valley all day Tuesday, Nov. 12, due to persistent dry, windy conditions in the region. The red flag warning is in effect for Ulster, Dutchess, Orange and Sullivan from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday.

Fire crews on both coasts of the United States continued battling wildfires on Sunday, including a blaze in New York and New Jersey that killed a parks employee and another in Southern California that destroyed more than 130 structures and damaged dozens more.