FIRESTORM

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Fourteen die in Kazakhstan forest fires: official
Jun 10, 2023 (AFP)
"In total, 14 bodies have been found," the ministry said in a statement, having previously announced it was searching for trapped forest rangers as fires consum...
Fires intensify in Canada, could last 'all summer'
Jun 10, 2023 (AFP)
Nearly 17,800 square miles have burned since the beginning of the year, well above previous averages as the country warms quicker than the rest of the world ami...
As Canada awaits help EU offers firefighters as New York in apocalyptic haze
Jun 08, 2023 (AFP)
Smoke from the wildfires choked New York in a record-breaking apocalyptic smog Wednesday as cities along the US East Coast issued air pollution warnings and tho...
Fires burn across Quebec
Jun 08, 2023 (SPX)
The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA's Aqua satellite captured this view of smoke billowing from the fires on June 3. Shortly after...
Quebec the new epicenter of Canada's raging wildfires
Jun 06, 2023 (AFP)
In the hardest-hit Abitibi-Temiscamingue region of the province, more than 650 kilometers (400 miles) north of Montreal, fires that have disrupted mining and fo...
Canada braces for possible worst wildfire season ever
Jun 05, 2023 (AFP)
Some 26,000 people remain displaced by fires at present, with about 120,000 having had to flee at some point over the past month. From westernmost British Colum...
Rain in Canada's east aids mass firefighting effort
Jun 03, 2023 (AFP)
Of the fires threatening Nova Scotia's provincial capital Halifax, 85 percent have been brought under control to "a state of being held," authorities said at a ...
Heat wave and wildfires scorch east Canada
Jun 01, 2023 (AFP)
More than 210 fires were burning across Canada, including 82 out of control. And more than 2.7 million hectares have been scorched already this year, eight time...
Thousands flee wildfire in eastern Canada
May 29, 2023 (AFP)
The fire, still burning out of control along the northwestern edge of the city, has not grown since a state of emergency was declared late Sunday, forcing subur...
EU doubles firefighting air fleet for 'busy' summer
May 29, 2023 (AFP)
The 10 water-bombing Canadair planes, 14 light amphibious planes and four helicopters will be on hand for what threatens to be a "busy, busy summer," he said in...
Smoke choking Canadians but cooling wildfires by blocking out sun
May 22, 2023 (AFP)
The wildfires in Alberta province have displaced tens of thousands of people and scorched more than 941,000 hectares over several weeks. "It is a mixed bag cert...
Canada wildfire fight turns corner after rain
May 22, 2023 (AFP)
The wildfires in Alberta province have displaced tens of thousands of people and scorched more than 945,000 hectares. "We have received rain, I understand, on a...
Spain says containing wildfire as conditions improve; as rain cools Canada wildfires
May 20, 2023 (AFP)
"Today, we're hoping to strike a blow against this fire... It's a very intense task," said civil protection coordinator Nieves Villar, adding that conditions ha...
12 parks closed in western Canada due to risk of fires
May 19, 2023 (AFP)
Alberta has declared a state of emergency and asked for foreign aid with more than 800,000 hectares of land destroyed in fires and thousands of people evacuated...
Wildfire in Spain forces hundreds to evacuate
May 19, 2023 (AFP)
Local authorities blame arson for the blaze, which broke out Wednesday near the village of Pinofranqueado in the sparsely populated region of Extremadura border...
African smoke over the Amazon
May 17, 2023 (SPX)
For the first time, a research team has investigated the origins of the soot particles. They made a surprising discovery: a large number of the particles do not...
Canada seeks foreign help to fight spreading wildfires
May 17, 2023 (AFP)
The fires that have devastated the oil-producing Alberta province have in recent days spread to neighboring British Columbia and Saskatchewan as well as the Nor...
New study quantifies link between climate crisis, wildfires
May 16, 2023 (AFP)
Their analysis, published Tuesday in Environmental Research Letters, found that carbon dioxide and methane emissions from the so-called "Big 88" firms were resp...
Worst conditions for Canada wildfires yet to come: Alberta official
May 15, 2023 (AFP)
"We are continuing to see hot and dry conditions today with a low chance of rain throughout most of Alberta," said Josee St-Onge with the western province's wil...
Ranchers fear for livestock as Canada wildfires rage
May 12, 2023 (AFP)
Paddocks that usually hold up to 1,000 cows sit empty and a haze of smoke has reduced visibility to less than five meters (16 feet). Fuchs and his son managed t...
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