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Portland, Maine — Leaf-peeping season has arrived in the Northeast and beyond, but weeks of drought have dulled this year's autumn colors and sent leaves fluttering to the ground earlier than usual.

I'm meteorologist Hayley Lapointe, and this is the fall foliage report. Each Thursday we have an update on the status of the fall colors throughout the state. Take *** look at Plymouth in peak color ...

Michigan's multi-colored fall foliage is here — and gone, depending where you are. A foliage color forecast map available at Explore Fall predicts the Upper Peninsula has mainly reached peak or past ...

Some northern Wisconsin locations are enjoying peak fall color, with much of central Wisconsin about a week away from the richest leafy hues of the season, according to local observer reports compiled ...

In Arizona, no season prompts waves of jubilation like autumn. Desert dwellers celebrate as the long summer heat finally breaks like a fever. And with cooling temperatures and shorter days, thoughts ...

Dirty pastel colors are seemingly everywhere, in the luxury homes of skin care gurus, designers and even Prada’s runway show. By Misty White Sidell A craze for pastel wall paints is gripping fancy ...

Parts of northeast and southeast Ohio are seeing fall colors, while foliage is starting to change within a strip in west-central and northwest Ohio. However, the extended dry period means the fall ...

The arrival of the fall season comes with cooler temperatures, pumpkin patch season and the leaves and trees beginning to change its colors. According to the Travel Wisconsin Fall Report, the week for ...

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With the middle of the fall season nearing, leaves in most U.S. states have begun to change colors, wowing leaf-peepers with the orange, red, brown, and sometimes purple hues of autumn. These changes ...

CADILLAC, MI -- The first kiss of fall colors are illuminating the hundreds of miles of off-roading trails in Michigan’s “gateway to Up North.” On a crisp October morning MLive travel reporter Lindsay ...