FIRESTORM

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Portugal, Spain struggle to control forest fires;26 dead in north Algeria fires
Aug 17, 2022 (AFP)
The huge fire in the Serra da Estrela national park in central Portugal was brought under control last week, only to restart again Monday. More than 25,000 hect...
Climate change driving unprecedented forest fire loss
Aug 17, 2022 (AFP)
The research showed in unprecedented detail how wildfires have progressed over the past two decades, with the blazes claiming an estimated three more million he...
Spain, Portugal battle to control huge wildfires
Aug 16, 2022 (AFP)
Some 300 firefighters spent a difficult night battling a huge wildfire in southeastern Spain that has burnt through nearly 10,000 hectares in an area notoriousl...
Spain firefighters battle to control huge Valencia wildfire
Aug 16, 2022 (AFP)
The fire began when lightning hit the Vall de Ebo area in the province of Alicante late Saturday and it has since spread rapidly, fuelled by strong winds, forci...
Spain fights fierce fire fanned by winds
Aug 15, 2022 (AFP)
Both fires broke out late Saturday, with more than 350 firefighters engaged against the wildfire in the northern Aragon region that has so far devastated an are...
Rain brings relief to France fires, but more evacuated in south
Aug 14, 2022 (AFP)
France has been buffeted this summer by a historic drought as well as a series of heatwaves and several forest fires. A fire that had been raging since Monday i...
Volunteers key in France's fight against wildfires, Some rain relief
Aug 13, 2022 (AFP)
"It's the first year we've been summoned so much to help outside" our region, said 23-year-old Victorien Pottier. Volunteer firefighters make up more than three...
'Extreme vigilance' at vast western France fire
Aug 12, 2022 (AFP)
The 40-kilometre (25-mile) active fire front in the Gironde and Landes departments around Bordeaux "has not developed, but the weather conditions are pushing us...
New wildfire outbreaks feared as blazes rage in France
Aug 11, 2022 (AFP)
Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne was to meet with authorities battling the Landiras fire south of Bordeaux, and further reinforcements are expected for the 1,100 ...
Heat, drought rekindle huge wildfire in southwest France
Aug 10, 2022 (AFP)
An additional 6,000 hectares (15,000 acres) of pine forest have burned in the so-called Landiras blaze since Tuesday afternoon, forcing the evacuation of some 3...
NASA data on plant 'sweating' could help predict wildfire severity
Aug 05, 2022 (JPL)
A recent study featuring data from NASA's ECOSTRESS mission found relationships between the intensity of a wildfire and the water stress in plants measured in t...
'Unprecedented' fire rips through munitions site in Berlin forest
Aug 04, 2022 (AFP)
The fire began in the Grunewald forest in the early hours of the morning, with residents reporting a series of explosions. Firefighters were initially unable to...
Firefighters race to protect California town from wildfire
Aug 02, 2022 (AFP)
Rain and cooler conditions brought some relief to hundreds of firefighters battling to protect the 8,000-person town of Yreka, but the human cost of the inferno...
Two dead in California's largest blaze this year
Aug 01, 2022 (AFP)
Whipped up by strong winds and lightning storms, the McKinney Fire ripped through the state's dry terrain Sunday to spread over some 52,500 acres of Klamath Nat...
Morocco steps up efforts to contain forest fires sweeping across north
Jul 28, 2022 (AFP)
In the most affected province of Larache, south of Tangier, intervention teams supported by the army were attempting to keep in check fires that were still acti...
Greek national park fire exposes policy flaws: WWF
Jul 28, 2022 (AFP)
"The fire shows a series of flaws in (Greece's) fire prevention system," Panagiota Marangou, head of environmental protection programmes at WWF Greece, told rep...
Firefighters tackle California wildfire as heat wave grips parts of US
Jul 26, 2022 (AFP)
The Oak Fire in central California comes as parts of the United States remain in the grip of a sweltering heat wave. The fire in Mariposa County has engulfed 16...
Evacuations as forest fires spread through eastern Germany
Jul 26, 2022 (AFP)
Authorities in the eastern region of Saxony triggered a "disaster alert" in the Bad Schandau area, as wildfires spread through the Saxon Switzerland National Pa...
Airbus tests A400M military plane as water bomber
Jul 26, 2022 (AFP)
"Airbus has successfully tested a removable firefighting demonstrator kit on the A400M new generation airlifter during a flight test campaign in Spain," the Eur...
1000s evacuated as California fire grows; Greece battles wildfires amid Europe heatwaves
Jul 25, 2022 (AFP)
More than 2,000 firefighters backed by 17 helicopters have been deployed against the Oak Fire, which broke out Friday near Yosemite National Park, the Californi...
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