National Weather Service
“[Trump and Musk] are laughing at us on social media, while I come in every day to do my duties,” a worker at the NWS told HuffPost.
Improved conditions should help fire crews make even more headway and allow residents to return to their neighborhoods to begin rebuilding.
Forecasters said the winds were below danger levels in the evening, but they were expected to strengthen overnight with potentially fire-fueling gusts.
The storm prompted schools and government offices in several states to close.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
The destructive storms caused deaths in Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Kentucky.
High winds and rain are cancelling holiday events around the state.
Temperatures this high are "extremely anomalous," the National Weather Service said.
The National Weather Service said the northeast could experience impassable roadways, tornadoes and even mudslides in some areas of higher terrain.
Forecasters warned people celebrating Father’s Day outdoors to be careful as triple-digit temperatures prompted heat advisories across much of the South.
Forecasters warn of treacherous holiday travel and life-threatening cold for big parts of the nation, including the already-frigid southern United States.