Strong winds and dry conditions are fueling wildfires and increasing threats across Texas.Climate researchers have said the ingredients are in place for a wildfire threat North Texas hasn't seen in at least 10 years.

Crews continue battling two major wildfires in the Texas Panhandle as thousands remain without power following a potent wind and dust storm.

At least seven wildfires are burning in the Lone Star State, the largest of which encompasses 8,000 acres and is 0 percent contained.

In Oklahoma alone, more than 150 blazes were burning, which have destroyed almost 300 structures and killed at least one person.

Hundreds of homes were destroyed as wildfires swept across Oklahoma, prompting authorities to issue evacuation orders.

Violent tornadoes and high winds decimated homes, wiped out schools and toppled semitractor-trailers as a monster storm that killed at least 32 people ripped its way across the central and

Meanwhile, the severe weather threat will linger through Sunday from Florida northward into the upper Ohio River Valley, forecasters warned.

Violent tornadoes and high winds decimated homes, wiped out schools and toppled semitractor-trailers as a monster storm that killed at least 32 people ripped its way across the central and southern U.