FIRESTORM

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Extreme heat sparks wildfires, health warnings
Jul 19, 2023 (AFP)
Firefighters battled blazes in parts of Greece and the Canary Islands while Spain issued heat alerts and some children in Italy's Sardinia were told to stay awa...
Firefighters battle to control Swiss fires; Athen's forces evacuations; Sniffing out forest fires in Germany
Jul 18, 2023 (AFP)
The fire broke out Monday in a forest above the village of Bitsch in the upper Wallis region in southern Switzerland. The fire is on the north side of the steep...
Canada wildfires have burned over 10 mn hectares this year
Jul 15, 2023 (AFP)
The prior all-time high occurred in 1989, when 7.3 million hectares were burned over the course of an entire year, according to national figures from the Canadi...
19-year-old woman firefighter killed in Canada wildfire season
Jul 14, 2023 (AFP)
It was the first reported death on the ground since the start of the fire season, in which more than 900 blazes are burning including 560 out of control. The yo...
Climate change tests limits of Mediterranean wildfire strategy
Jul 07, 2023 (AFP)
In October 1970, 11 people perished near France's far southeastern border with Italy and then fifteen years later, a new inferno in the area killed five volunte...
Wildfires 'off the charts' in Canada as temperatures climb
Jul 07, 2023 (AFP)
"The numbers are literally off the charts, with at least three more months left in the active wildfire season," said Michael Norton of the Canadian Ministry of ...
Controlled burning in Greece can help avoid wildfires: WWF
Jul 04, 2023 (AFP)
The organisation said at a press conference that it had completed a two-year experiment on the island of Chios, which is habitually threatened by summer fire, a...
Canada wildfire smoke chokes millions in North America
Jun 30, 2023 (AFP)
Here's why the fires are so smoky and why people should be concerned. - Why is there so much smoke? - The number of fires and the amount of land scorched, as we...
Foreign firefighters come to the rescue in Canada's wildfires
Jun 28, 2023 (AFP)
The leader of a French team deployed in Quebec, Eric Flores, told AFP he had never seen anything like it. His team was busy mopping up smoldering duff to preven...
Canada wildfires again bring more unhealthy air in North America
Jun 28, 2023 (AFP)
Chicago, Detroit and Cleveland recorded some of the worst air quality in the United States, with residents told to stay inside or limit outdoor activity as smok...
Canada sees record CO2 emissions from fires so far this year
Jun 27, 2023 (AFP)
Hundreds of forest fires since early May have generated nearly 600 million tonnes of CO2, equivalent to 88 percent of the country's total greenhouse gas emissio...
Montreal has worst air of any major city as wildfires rage: monitor
Jun 25, 2023 (AFP)
Quebec province's most populous city had 'unhealthy' air quality according to IQAir, which tracks pollution around the globe, as hundreds of wildfires burned ac...
Restaurant explosion kills 31 in northwest China
Jun 22, 2023 (AFP)
The blast occurred on the eve of the three-day Dragon Boat Festival holiday, when many in China go out and socialise with friends. Footage on state broadcaster ...
In fire-hit Greece, Greens struggle to be heard
Jun 20, 2023 (AFP)
While environmental parties surge elsewhere in Europe, Greeks "view the environment as a little bit of a luxury," says Vasiliki Grammatikogianni, a co-chair of ...
After a terrible year, Spain ramps up wildfire defences
Jun 16, 2023 (AFP)
In a forested area of Castilla y Leon, a sprawling region northwest of Madrid that is prone to blazes, troops from the Military Emergency Unit (UME) were battli...
Carbon monoxide from fires in Canada
Jun 16, 2023 (ESA)
Using data from the Copernicus Sentinel-5P mission, the image shows the average concentration of carbon monoxide for 1 May to 13 June. The extremely high concen...
Forest fire risks mount in drought-hit Nordic nations
Jun 16, 2023 (AFP)
Across the northern hemisphere, the start of summer has been marked by extreme weather conditions, from megafires in Canada to drought in Spain. Even Northern E...
Forecasting fires with SMOS
Jun 15, 2023 (ESA)
As the effects of climate change intensify, monitoring wildfires becomes increasingly crucial. The recent report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Chang...
'Serious concerns' for new dry summer in France after 2022 fires
Jun 14, 2023 (AFP)
"There are very serious concerns" especially about southern regions such as the Rhone valley and Mediterranean coast, Bechu told broadcaster CNews, flagging up ...
South Africa sends hundreds of firefighters to Canada
Jun 13, 2023 (AFP)
It is a rare offer of aid from a developing country battling its own crises. They are a second batch of fighters flying out to the north American nation where n...
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