CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — The threat of wildfire is always a concern during drought, but it grows more dangerous when strong cold fronts bring in dry air.
On Wednesday, Corpus Christi is expected to see gusts between 30 and 40 mph and relative humidity around 15% in the afternoon. Those conditions have prompted a Red Flag Warning from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. October 29th, signaling a high risk for fast-spreading fires.
“Well, in our case, we’re already very dry. Everything is completely dead. And then, with the low humidity, things seem to ignite very easily. And when they do, with the low humidity and high winds, they’re going to spread very quickly. They’re going to be hard to control and hard to stop,” said Michael Clack, fire chief for Nueces County ESD 1 and 4…