Red Flag Warning, Dry Conditions And Wind Halts Crop Burning In Some Parishes

By Joe Collins

WBRZ-TV 2

Several parishes, including East Feliciana Parish, were under a burn ban Wednesday due to a red flag warning.

The National Weather Service issued the warning because of a combination of low humidity, the low amount of rain over the past couple of weeks, and higher wind speeds, which make conditions for fires to spread quickly if they started.

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