FIRESTORM

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Sunday the day of rest for fires
Nov 26, 2015 (SPX)
Climate scientist Dr Nick Earl, from the University's School of Earth Sciences, found fires around the world appear to be strongly influenced by the working wee...
2 dead in Aust bushfire; Peru shakes; Pacific Sandra strengthens
Nov 25, 2015 (AFP)
Two people were confirmed killed and a third feared dead as a bushfire blazed out of control in South Australia Wednesday, officials said. More than 300 firefig...
Satellite Sensors Would Deliver Global Fire Coverage
Nov 20, 2015 (JPL)
Wildfires can wreak havoc on human health, property and communities, so it's imperative to detect them as early as possible. That's why NASA's Jet Propulsion La...
Australian bushfires leave four dead in 'day from hell'
Nov 18, 2015 (AFP)
At least four people died in bushfires raging in parts of Western Australia, authorities said Wednesday, with a shocked local community lamenting the "day from ...
Russia bans burning of dry fields after wildfires
Nov 12, 2015 (AFP)
The Russian government said Thursday it had banned the burning of dry farmland and fields adjacent to roads and infrastructure in an effort to reduce the risk o...
Indonesian forest fires, haze force Mount Merapi closure
Nov 04, 2015 (UPI)
With forest fires burning across Indonesia, officials decided to close Mount Merapi National Park. Fires are now burning on the slopes of the stratovolcano, off...
Brazil: Fire menacing isolated tribe is under control
Oct 30, 2015 (AFP)
A fire that for more than a month has ravaged a region in northeast Brazil inhabited by an isolated Native American tribe has finally been contained, the author...
SE Asia breathes sigh of relief as rains ease smog crisis
Oct 29, 2015 (AFP)
Persistent rains have cleared the air across vast stretches of Southeast Asia that have choked for weeks on hazardous smoke from Indonesian fires, with official...
Indonesians take fight against haze into their own hands as toll rises
Oct 28, 2015 (AFP)
Desperate civilians at the epicentre of Indonesia's haze crisis are taking the fight into their own hands, using whatever meagre resources they have to confront...
Huge fire in Brazil's jungle threatens tribes: Greenpeace
Oct 28, 2015 (AFP)
A huge fire engulfing a swath of Brazilian jungle threatens the existence of remote indigenous tribes and may have been started by illegal loggers invading the ...
Sick, hungry orangutans fall victim to Indonesia fires crisis
Oct 27, 2015 (AFP)
Endangered orangutans are falling victim to a devastating haze crisis that has left them sick, malnourished and severely traumatised as fires rage through Indon...
Indonesia president to leave US early to deal with haze crisis
Oct 26, 2015 (AFP)
Indonesia's President Joko Widodo will cut short his trip to the United States on Tuesday to help deal with clouds of smoke large areas of his country. Thousand...
Desperation in the epicentre of Southeast Asia's haze crisis
Oct 26, 2015 (AFP)
When the smoke from forest fires turned a thick, acrid yellow, casting an apocalyptic glow over Palangkaraya, Kartika Sari decided to grab her child and flee th...
Singapore urges ASEAN to act on haze
Oct 25, 2015 (AFP)
Singapore on Sunday urged fellow ASEAN members to take "firm and decisive action" against the lethal haze still spreading across the region ahead of a group sum...
Indonesia readies warships for haze evacuation
Oct 24, 2015 (AFP)
Indonesia has put warships on standby to evacuate people affected by acrid haze from forest fires which has killed at least 10 and caused respiratory illnesses ...
Indonesian haze reaches the Philippines
Oct 23, 2015 (AFP)
Haze from Indonesian forest fires has spread to the southern and central Philippines, disrupting air traffic and prompting warnings for residents to wear face m...
'Worst haze in a decade' blankets S. Thailand
Oct 22, 2015 (AFP)
Dense haze from Indonesian forest fires has caused some of the worst pollution in southern Thailand for a decade, officials said Thursday, cancelling flights in...
SE Asia fires 'produce more greenhouse gas than US'
Oct 21, 2015 (AFP)
Indonesian forest and agricultural fires cloaking Southeast Asia in acrid haze are spewing more greenhouse gases into the atmosphere each day than all US econom...
SE Asia haze 'could last until year-end'
Oct 19, 2015 (AFP)
The haze suffocating Southeast Asia could last for another month, Malaysia's environment minister warned Monday, while a forestry expert said it could even take...
Malaysia again shuts schools due to Indonesia smoke haze
Oct 19, 2015 (AFP)
Malaysia closed schools in several states and the capital Kuala Lumpur on Monday due to choking smoke from Indonesian slash-and-burn farming that has smothered ...
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