FIRESTORM

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Canada teams subdue Jasper fire but not nearby blazes
Jul 28, 2024 (AFP)
The fires, touched off Monday by lightning strikes in a drought-stricken area, are the biggest to hit vast Jasper National Park in a century. Some 30 percent of...
Wildfire engulfs parts of main town in Canada's Jasper National Park
Jul 25, 2024 (AFP)
While the fire has so far caused no casualties, as many as 25,000 residents and tourists were evacuated from the area before the conflagration suddenly grew in ...
Canada's Jasper National Park evacuated over wildfire
Jul 23, 2024 (AFP)
An alert was sent to tourists late Monday evening in the park -- famous for its mountain peaks, glaciers and waterfalls -- as well as residents living nearby, o...
With fires in east Canada 'under control,' evacuations ending
Jul 21, 2024 (AFP)
The risk to the towns of Labrador City and Wabush is now "very low," Premier Andrew Furey of Newfoundland and Labrador province told reporters. "We're breathing...
Forest fire rages near Croatia coastal resort
Jul 18, 2024 (AFP)
Around 70 firefighters managed to prevent the blaze from spreading to houses and a hotel complex, which were no longer imminently threatened, the national firef...
China shopping centre fire kills 16
Jul 18, 2024 (AFP)
Rescue operations concluded at around 3:00 am on Thursday (1900 GMT Wednesday), according to the local fire and rescue services cited by state news agency Xinhu...
Southern Italy wildfire kills two firefighters
Jul 17, 2024 (AFP)
"This afternoon, during operations to fight a wildfire, two firefighters lost their lives. The circumstances of this event are yet to be determined," it said. R...
Blazes intensify in Russia, N. America in fierce start to wildfire season
Jul 16, 2024 (AFP)
Copernicus said unusually hot and dry conditions were causing blazes in Siberia, Canada and Alaska and a "remarkable intensification" of planet-heating gases as...
Complex Impact of Wildfires on Ozone Layer Dynamics
Jul 15, 2024 (SPX)
However, this essential atmospheric shield now faces an unexpected challenge. The 2019/20 Australian wildfires led researchers to observe a dramatic rise in str...
Hospital evacuated after wildfire breaks out in Greece
Jul 09, 2024 (AFP)
Patients were transported to other facilities elsewhere in Greece's third city as 95 firefighters, 25 vehicles and water bombers battled the blaze, which was pu...
Greece records jump in June wildfires
Jul 08, 2024 (AFP)
The country has experienced its warmest winter and earliest heatwave on record, with temperatures hitting 44 degrees Celsius (111 degrees Fahrenheit) in the fir...
California fires spread in July 4 weekend heat wave
Jul 06, 2024 (AFP)
Temperatures up to 117 degrees Fahrenheit (47 degrees Celsius) were recorded in the western US state Friday, as the region's latest heat wave nears its peak. "D...
Fires in Brazil's Pantanal push wetlands community to limit
Jul 04, 2024 (AFP)
"The river was the only thing separating us from the flames. On the other side, the fire devastated everything," said Virginia Paes, a local leader in the Baia ...
Thousands told to flee raging California wildfire
Jul 04, 2024 (AFP)
More than 3,500 acres (1,400 hectares) of grass and woodland have been consumed since Tuesday when a blaze erupted just outside Oroville. The town, near the sta...
ECOSTRESS Maps Burn Risk Across Phoenix Streets
Jul 03, 2024 (JPL)
Data for this visualization of the Phoenix area - the fifth most populous city in the United States - was collected at 1:02 p.m. local time on June 19, 2024, by...
Fires near Athens under control as new blazes rage in Greece
Jul 02, 2024 (AFP)
Fanned by strong winds of up to 70 kilometres (43 miles) per hour and dry conditions, two fires broke out Sunday in the seaside resort of Keratea, east of Athen...
Brazil's Amazon sees worst 6 months of wildfires in 20 years
Jul 01, 2024 (AFP)
The total was up more than 61 percent compared to the same period last year -- an increase that experts say is the result of a historic drought that struck the ...
Superyacht crew held over Greek island forest fire
Jun 27, 2024 (AFP)
The two men, the skipper and first mate, were placed under pre-trial detention after giving testimony that began early Wednesday and concluded in the early hour...
June Arctic wildfire emissions third highest in two decades: EU monitor
Jun 27, 2024 (AFP)
The fires follow an unusually warm and dry May, conditions that are being exacerbated by human-caused climate change, the European Union's Copernicus Atmosphere...
Woman firefighter on Brazil frontline after 2020 flames took her baby
Jun 27, 2024 (AFP)
But this year, as the world's largest tropical wetlands sees new record infernos, the bereaved mother is on the frontline fighting back the flames in an area st...
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