FIRESTORM

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RoGO Communications launches lightweight GPS tracking device for wildfire crews
Jan 29, 2025 (SPX)
This advanced version of the DropBlock is lighter and more compact, specifically engineered for firefighters who traverse remote wilderness areas where cellular...
Climate change made ferocious LA wildfires more likely: study
Jan 28, 2025 (AFP)
The study, conducted by dozens of researchers, concluded that the fire-prone conditions fueling the blazes were approximately 35 percent more likely due to glob...
Red herring: Why Trump wrongly blames a fish for LA wildfires
Jan 24, 2025 (AFP)
In reality, California's Delta smelt has minimal connection to the city's water supply, say experts, who argue the US president's willingness to condemn an enda...
US lawmakers advance forest management bill as fires scorch LA
Jan 23, 2025 (AFP)
One of the first bills to pass the lower chamber of Congress in Donald Trump's presidency, the Fix Our Forests Act would increase the pace and scale of forest m...
Brazil saw 79% jump in area burned by fires in 2024: monitor
Jan 22, 2025 (AFP)
Some 30.8 million hectares (119,000 square miles) of vegetation were burned in Brazil in 2024, a 79 percent increase from 2023, monitoring platform MapBiomas re...
Slew of satellite projects aims to head off future wildfires
Jan 20, 2025 (AFP)
Tech-focused groups are launching new orbiters as space launches get cheaper, while machine learning techniques will sift the torrent of information, fitting it...
Extreme fire: 'unprecedented risk' poorly understood
Jan 17, 2025 (AFP)
Athens, Maui and now Los Angeles are among major cities across the globe to suffer catastrophic fires, while blazes in Canada's forests have broken records in r...
Hundreds of homes evacuated as Patagonia fires grow in Argentina
Jan 16, 2025 (AFP)
Strong winds and high temperatures fed a blaze that tore through grassland and forest near the remote village of Epuyen, reducing areas of pristine wilderness t...
What is the pink stuff coating fire-ravaged Los Angeles?
Jan 15, 2025 (AFP)
The substance, vivid against the grey smoke and charred landscape, is fire retardant -- much of it a product called Phos-Chek that has been used by the US Fores...
Devastating LA fires expected to push up insurance premiums
Jan 10, 2025 (AFP)
Analysts at JPMorgan estimated that the total cost of damage and insured damage had doubled in less than 24 hours to $50 billion and $20 billion respectively. A...
'No more fires,' demand fed-up Amazon residents
Jan 09, 2025 (AFP)
Paulinho dos Santos remembers the dark nights in November when he would leap out of bed to use buckets of water to douse flames threatening his farm. And Maria ...
Hydrants run dry in LA fire battle, residents urged to save water
Jan 08, 2025 (AFP)
Firefighters battling out-of-control blazes struggled with supplies in the ritzy Pacific Palisades area of the city, utility managers said, blaming an unprecede...
China market fire kills eight
Jan 04, 2025 (AFP)
"The injured have been sent to hospital for treatment and are currently not in life-threatening danger," the Qiaoxi District People's Government said after the ...
Disaster-hit Chilean park sows seeds of fire resistance
Jan 03, 2025 (AFP)
Last year's inferno -- considered the deadliest in Chile's recent history -- killed 136 people, razed entire neighborhoods and destroyed 90 percent of the 400-h...
Wildfire in Malibu destroys homes, sends thousands fleeing
Dec 11, 2024 (AFP)
Multimillion-dollar properties, some owned by Hollywood celebrities, were in the path of the blaze, which exploded late Monday, fanned by powerful winds and tin...
Malibu wildfire grows as thousands still evacuated
Dec 11, 2024 (AFP)
At least seven properties are known to have been destroyed in one of California's most exclusive communities, as powerful winds pushed flames through steep cany...
What fossils reveal about ancient Australian forests and fire
Dec 06, 2024 (SPX)
Wilf and Robert Kooyman, an honorary research fellow at Macquarie University, examined fossil evidence from across the Southern Hemisphere to better understand ...
NASA C20A aircraft supports disaster science and fire studies
Dec 05, 2024 (SPX)
In October, the C-20A was deployed to study the aftermath of Hurricane Milton, a Category 3 storm with 120 mph winds that caused significant flooding and tornad...
'Exceptional' wildfires across Americas in 2024: EU monitor
Dec 05, 2024 (AFP)
Flames engulfed millions of hectares of forests and farmland in the Amazon, Canada and western parts of the United States, according to scientists, while hot, d...
'World on fire': UN seeks $47 bn for aid in 2025
Dec 04, 2024 (AFP)
"The world is on fire," the United Nations' new humanitarian chief Tom Fletcher told reporters in Geneva, acknowledging he was looking ahead to 2025 with "dread...
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