High winds and dry weather fueled wildfires in Oklahoma and Texas, with winds so strong they toppled several semis.

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

The National Weather Service has said that Friday is a "day of concern" in Texas and Oklahoma because the cross-country storm is expected to drive gusty winds and dry air

Experts reported that the most likely place for a wildfire to spark is an area extending into north Texas across central Oklahoma into southeast Kansas. It was reported that winds, in extreme cases, c

Forecasters at the National Weather Service said on Friday that a “wildfire outbreak appears likely today” with dangerous fire weather conditions across a broad slice of the southern Great Plains and a portion of the Southwest and even into the Midwest.