FIRESTORM

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'Come and get me,' boy pleaded before California fire death
Jul 31, 2018 (AFP)
Thousands of firefighters in California made some progress against several large-scale blazes that have turned around 200,000 acres (80,940 hectares) into an as...
Two more bodies found at sea after Greek wildfires
Jul 31, 2018 (AFP)
Confirmation that the pair were victims of the fire would bring the disaster's death toll to at least 93. Police have now recovered eight bodies from the sea of...
Greek PM Tsipras visits scene of wildfire disaster
Jul 30, 2018 (AFP)
His trip, a week after the fires broke out, was not announced beforehand in what local media said was a bid to avoid protests by residents of the hard-hit seasi...
US government approves aid as California battles raging wildfires
Jul 29, 2018 (AFP)
The largest of the fires menacing the state has nearly doubled in size, while another pushed thousands of people to flee and a third forced the partial closure ...
Blame game blows up over deadly Greek wildfires
Jul 27, 2018 (AFP)
The opposition earlier accused the government of refusing to take responsibility after it said that the worst of the fires, which killed scores this week east o...
Greece counts cost of deadliest wildfires in memory
Jul 26, 2018 (AFP)
As the government announced a raft of measures to compensate those affected by the fires, heavy downpours on Thursday afternoon caused flash floods that strande...
Local Winds Play Key Role in Some Megafires
Jul 26, 2018 (JPL)
The study was led by the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) in Boulder, Colorado. It focused on the 2014 King Fire, using data from airborne instru...
'Serious' signs arson started deadly Greek wildfire
Jul 26, 2018 (AFP)
"A serious piece of information has led to us opening an investigation" into possible "criminal acts" behind the starting of the fire on Monday that ravaged the...
Fires sweep much of Europe as countries swelter in the heat
Jul 24, 2018 (AFP)
The fires have been particularly devastating in the Attica region around Athens, where dozens of people have died. Here is a round up of the impact of the fires...
US park Yosemite partially closed as deadly fire rages
Jul 24, 2018 (AFP)
Yosemite National Park said the Yosemite Valley, home to many of the cliffs and waterfalls that make the area famous, would shut at noon on Wednesday. Wawona, a...
Sweden faces 'extreme' fire risk as blazes hit Europe
Jul 23, 2018 (AFP)
Sweden's civil protection agency MSB counted 27 active fires across the country on Monday, half the previous day's number, as temperatures were expected to soar...
Firefighters injured as blaze near Yosemite grows
Jul 21, 2018 (AFP)
The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) said the so-called Ferguson fire had spread to an area of 22,892 acres (92.6 square kilometers), and is so far only 7 pe...
Neanderthals could start their own fires, new research proves
Jul 19, 2018 (UPI)
When researchers found microscopic wear on flint hand-axes collected at Neanderthal archaeological sites, they recognized the signature of flint striking found ...
Forest fire threatens California's fabled Yosemite
Jul 18, 2018 (AFP)
The Ferguson fire has been raging in the Sierra Nevada forest since last Friday and was only five percent contained as of Tuesday, according to the California f...
Huge wildfire in Latvia forces evacuation
Jul 18, 2018 (AFP)
Clouds of smoke and ash from the fire choked the small community of Stikli, forcing the evacuation of dozens of residents including handicapped children from a ...
China detains suspects after blast at chemical plant
Jul 14, 2018 (AFP)
The blast occurred at 6:30 pm (1030 GMT) Thursday at an industrial park in Sichuan province's Yibin city, according to a statement on the website of the local w...
Californian wildfires spreading rapidly
Jul 03, 2018 (AFP)
The County Fire was sparked in the northern Yolo County on Saturday, fanned by high winds and hot temperatures. An update by Cal Fire on Tuesday said the potent...
Climate change increasing risks of lightning-ignited fires, study finds
Jun 04, 2018 (SPX)
The study, published online in May in the journal Geophysical Research Letters, examined the observed and forecasted relationship between lightning-ignited fire...
Forest fires rage as India resort town grapples with water crisis
Jun 01, 2018 (AFP)
Shimla's water shortage has been worsening for years but reached crisis point when supplies ran out last month, just as the population of 175,000 started growin...
Wildfires spark evacuations in northern California
Jun 01, 2018 (AFP)
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