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    Trump and Biden clash over US wildfires as campaign turns to climate change

    15 Sep 2020

    Joe Biden branded President Donald Trump a “climate arsonist” on Monday for refusing to acknowledge global warming’s role in deadly wildfires sweeping the western United States, while Trump blamed lax forestry and declared, “I don’t think science knows.”

    There’s a very simple reason Trump is reacting this way to the California wildfires — it’s the electoral college

    15 Sep 2020

    Orange and red skies filled with smoke have cascaded down our social media feeds as America’s West Coast grapples with historic wildfires. The images have been called “apocalyptic”

    Global warming

    20 Sep 2020

    After struggling for more than four months to control California’s deadly wildfires, the firefighters made substantial progress because of changing weather (“Firefighters make headway in subduing US western wildfires,” Sept. 19, Gulf Today website).

    Smog blankets US West Coast as deadly wildfires rage

    13 Sep 2020

    Dense smog from US wildfires that have burnt nearly five million acres and killed 27 people smothered the West Coast Saturday, as presidential challenger Joe Biden warned climate change is becoming an existential issue.

    Global heating now makes heat waves more than three times as frequent as they were in the 1960s

    18 Sep 2020

    More than 3.1 million acres have burned in California this year — some 3% of the state — with many wildfires still at zero containment and months of fire season left to go.

    Wildfires raze dozens of homes in New Zealand

    05 Oct 2020

    Wildfires have destroyed up to 50 homes in New Zealand, authorities announced on Monday, saying it was a miracle no one was hurt as “a wall of orange” razed most of a remote South Island village.

    Sixteen dead in US wildfires as officials say toll could rise

    12 Sep 2020

    US officials warned on Friday of potential “mass” fatalities as more than 20,000 firefighters from across the country battled sprawling deadly wildfires up and down the West Coast.

    Firefighters make headway in subduing US western wildfires

    18 Sep 2020

    Crews who struggled just days ago against deadly wildfires raging unchecked across California, Oregon and Washington have now taken the offensive, making substantial progress in subduing the blazes, officials in all three states said on Thursday.

    US towns destroyed as firefighters battle wildfires under orange skies

    10 Sep 2020

    Entire communities have been razed by wildfires raging in the western United States, with officials warning of potential mass deaths under apocalyptic orange skies.

    Hawaii governor declares emergency for Maui wildfires

    13 Jul 2019

    The fire in Maui, sometimes called the Valley Isle, had been 60 percent contained by sunset but officials warned that even though the shelters were shut, they might need to reopen if more evacuations were ordered.

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