{"id":244404,"date":"2026-04-24T07:27:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T07:27:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/244404\/"},"modified":"2026-04-24T07:27:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T07:27:07","slug":"fast-moving-florida-georgia-wildfires-prompt-evacuations-travel-chaos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/244404\/","title":{"rendered":"Fast-moving Florida, Georgia wildfires prompt evacuations, travel chaos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dry conditions have fueled a fast-moving wildfire in northeast Florida, forcing some residents to evacuate their homes. The blaze has disrupted highway travel and led Amtrak to cancel or reroute several trains.<\/p>\n<p>Flames also broke out in the Everglades, where a grass fire has burned thousands of acres.<\/p>\n<p>The fires come as Florida and Georgia face ongoing drought conditions that officials say are not expected to end soon. Areas west of Jacksonville are under an &#8220;exceptional drought.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>RELATED STORY  <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scrippsnews.com\/weather\/record-snow-drought-in-western-us-raises-concern-for-a-spring-of-water-shortages-and-wildfires\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Record snow drought in Western US raises concern for a spring of water shortages and wildfires<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The National Weather Service recommended that residents close their doors and windows, use fresh air conditioning filters, and not add to indoor pollution by lighting candles or smoking. <\/p>\n<p>Additionally, officials say that air quality could reach unhealthy levels in the area. They suggest remaining inside and avoiding strenuous activity outside, especially if sensitive to poor air quality. <\/p>\n<p>RELATED STORY |  <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scrippsnews.com\/science-and-tech\/climate-change\/super-el-nino-could-shape-global-weather-bring-record-heat\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u2018Super\u2019 El Ni\u00f1o could shape global weather, bring record heat<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dry conditions have fueled a fast-moving wildfire in northeast Florida, forcing some residents to evacuate their homes. The&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":244405,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29],"class_list":["post-244404","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244404","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=244404"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244404\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/244405"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=244404"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=244404"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=244404"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}