FIRESTORM

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Hawaii starts probe into wildfire handling, as toll hits 80
Aug 12, 2023 (AFP)
The announcement and increased death toll came as residents of Lahaina were allowed back into the town for the first time -- with most finding their homes had b...
Fast-moving Hawaii wildfire kills at least 36
Aug 10, 2023 (AFP)
The fires began burning early Tuesday, putting homes, businesses and utilities at risk, as well as more than 35,000 people on the island of Maui, the Hawaii Eme...
Hawaii wildfire death toll rises to 36: Maui county government
Aug 10, 2023 (AFP)
"As the firefighting efforts continue, 36 total fatalities have been discovered today amid the active Lahaina fire," the Maui county government said in a statem...
At least 36 dead in Hawaii wildfires, tourists evacuated
Aug 10, 2023 (AFP)
Brushfires on Maui's west coast -- fueled by high winds from a hurricane passing to the south -- broke out Tuesday and rapidly engulfed the seaside town of Laha...
Record heat warning as forest fires rage in Spain and Portugal
Aug 09, 2023 (AFP)
As huge forest fires raged across southern Portugal for the fifth successive day, Spain's weather service warned that the average temperature across the country...
Portugal, Spain battle wildfires amid heatwave alerts
Aug 08, 2023 (AFP)
The Iberian Peninsula is bearing the brunt of climate change in Europe, witnessing increasingly intense heatwaves, droughts and wildfires. The temperature rose ...
Spain on heat alert as wildfires burn
Aug 07, 2023 (AFP)
The regions of Andalusia in the south, the central Castilla-La Mancha and Extremadura in the west were placed on an orange alert with temperatures expected to r...
Spain, Portugal battle wildfires as temperatures soar
Aug 07, 2023 (AFP)
A thousand firefighters were deployed in central and southern Portugal, supported by 12 water-bombing planes, to battle blazes, according to the national civil ...
Fire near Spain's border with France spreading rapidly
Aug 04, 2023 (AFP)
The blaze in the Portbou area burned around 200 hectares (500 acres) in three hours and could spread over 400 hectares, Catalonia's regional government said in ...
Counting wildfires across the globe
Aug 03, 2023 (ESA)
While wildfires are a natural part of many ecosystems, scientists have warned that they are becoming more frequent and more widespread. In response, an upgraded...
Canada wildfire smoke smashes emission record: monitor
Aug 03, 2023 (AFP)
The devastating wildfires have burned some 30 million acres (12 million hectares) this year so far, incinerating an area larger than the size of Cuba or South K...
Greek ecosystems face increasing fire risk, experts say
Jul 30, 2023 (AFP)
Some 50,000 hectares (123,500 acres) of forest and vegetation have been left scorched, according to estimates by the National Observatory of Athens. This makes ...
Third firefighter dies battling massive blazes in Canada
Jul 30, 2023 (AFP)
It marked the third death of a firefighter during this devastating wildfire season. "I am devastated to learn that we have lost another wildfire fighter. My hea...
Algeria counts costs after deadly wildfires
Jul 27, 2023 (AFP)
The wildfires raged for days, mainly through the mountain forests of the Kabylia region on the Mediterranean coast, fanned by winds during blistering summer hea...
Rhodes wildfire forces thousands to flee
Jul 27, 2023 (ESA)
The image has been processed by combining natural colour bands with shortwave-infrared information to highlight the fire front. The image shows the extent of th...
Algeria battles wildfires that have killed 34; Three people die in Greece as wildfires rage
Jul 25, 2023 (AFP)
Witnesses described fleeing walls of flames that raged "like a blowtorch". TV footage showed charred cars, burned-out shops and smouldering fields. Severe fires...
Algeria fires fanned by winds, extreme heat kill 34
Jul 24, 2023 (AFP)
As temperatures hit 48 degrees Celsius (118 Fahrenheit) in parts of the North African country, it recorded 97 blazes across 16 provinces, fanned by strong winds...
Thousands flee Greek island fires as southern US swelters
Jul 22, 2023 (AFP)
Tens of millions of people have been suffering through intense heat this summer and the world looks set for its hottest July on record. As temperature records t...
Tunisia firefighters battle forest blaze on Algeria border
Jul 20, 2023 (AFP)
Regional civil defence director Abdel Laabidi told AFP that around 470 hectares (1,100 acres) of forest had already burned, and that firefighters and an army he...
Helicopter pilot dies fighting Canadian wildfires
Jul 20, 2023 (AFP)
He is the third person to die battling the huge blazes after two firefighters were killed last week during separate operations. His helicopter was reported miss...
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