00:00As America watches the tornadoes and floods, a third weapon in this outbreak is threatening
00:05the Great Plains. Critical fire weather conditions have been declared across southern Kansas
00:10and northern Oklahoma. Wind gusts reaching 70 miles per hour are driving fires across
00:16bone-dry grasslands that have received almost no rain. The same cold front fueling the tornado
00:23outbreak to the east is whipping the plains with powerful dry winds from the west.
00:28Relative humidity in some areas has dropped below 10 percent. Firefighters call this a red flag
00:34scenario, conditions where any spark becomes a catastrophe. Grassland fires in this region
00:40can travel faster than a person can run, and when 70 mile per hour winds are pushing the flames,
00:46entire ranches can be destroyed in minutes. Agricultural officials warn that hundreds of
00:51thousands of acres of wheat crops are currently at risk across the region. Fire bans are in place
00:57across multiple counties. Residents are being urged not to burn anything outdoors. Not debris,
01:03not brush, not trash. On the Great Plains in conditions like these, one spark is all it takes.
01:10Adam, I have to go to the right side to the right side.
01:10I have to go with the right side to the left side and I have to go with the right
01:10side if it goes up to the right side.
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