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    Huge Oregon wildfire grows, forcing new evacuations

    19 Jul 2021

    One of dozens of major blazes burned across the West as critically dangerous fire weather loomed in the coming days. It grew in size to nearly 468 square miles (1,212 square kilometres).

    UAE expresses solidarity with US, offers condolences over victims of wildfires in Hawaii

    11 Aug 2023

    In a statement, the UAE Ministry expressed its sincere condolences and sympathy to the US government and people, and to the families of the victims, as well as its wishes for a speedy recovery for all the injured.

    'Climate change affects everyone:' Europe battles wildfires in intense heat

    18 Jul 2022

    Climate scientists say heatwaves more frequent and more intense; Hundreds of deaths attributed to the heat in Portugal; Britain braced for hottest day on record; Temperatures reached 45.7˚C in Spain in recent days.

    Meta faces backlash over Canada news block as wildfires rage

    26 Aug 2023

    The situation "is dangerous," said Kelsey Worth, 35, one of nearly 20,000 residents of Yellowknife and thousands more in small towns ordered to evacuate the Northwest Territories as wildfires advanced.

    Climate change brings extreme, early impact to South America

    02 Mar 2022

    Scientists have long been warning that extreme weather would cause calamity in the future. But in South America — which in just the last month has had deadly landslides in Brazil, wildfire in Argentine wetlands and flooding in the Amazon so severe

    Wildfire misery: Over 500 homes feared destroyed by fire

    01 Jan 2022

    One couple returned home on Friday to find the mailbox about the only thing left standing. Charred cars and a burned trampoline lay outside smoldering houses.

    Climate change, new construction mean more fires

    02 Jan 2022

    The winter grassland fire that blew up along Colorado’s Front Range was rare, experts say, but similar events will be more common in the coming years as climate change warms the planet — sucking the moisture out of plants — suburbs grow in fire-prone areas and people

    Indian report shows steady increase in forest cover

    18 Jan 2022

    Last week, the Indian Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change released the India State of Forest Report (ISFR) 2021. The report showed a continuing increase in forest cover across the country, but a decline in

    Two dead as Greece battles growing wildfire front

    22 Aug 2023

    Blazes burned unchecked in northeastern Greece, the islands of Evia and Kythnos and the region of Boeotia north of Athens, amid a dangerous mix of gale-force winds and temperatures of up to 41 degrees Celsius (106 Fahrenheit).

    Evacuation order issued for Canadian town as wildfire crosses over from US

    30 Jul 2023

    The wildfire, called Eagle Buff, is approximately 4 kilometres (2.49 miles) from Osoyoos, according to the British Columbia Wildfire Service. It is about 200 hectares in size on the Canadian side of the border and 2,000 hectares in size on the US side, it added.

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