FIRESTORM

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New Greece fire breaks out; Firefighters race to protect giant California trees
Sep 20, 2021 (AFP)
The latest fire comes after Greece was shaken by deadly blazes last month fanned by a heatwave that officials blamed on global warming. Around 70 firefighters a...
Giant sequoias wrapped in foil to protect from US forest fires
Sep 16, 2021 (AFP)
A grove of ancient sequoias, including the 275-foot (83-meter) General Sherman Tree -- the largest in the world -- were getting aluminum cladding to fend off th...
Australian fires boosted C02 - but also carbon-capturing algae: studies
Sep 15, 2021 (AFP)
Severe summer heat and drought helped spark the fires from late 2019 to early 2020 that killed 33 people and tens of millions of wild animals, while destroying ...
Wildfire evacuees tempted not to vote in Canada election
Sep 14, 2021 (AFP)
Lytton, located 250 kilometers (155 miles) northeast of Vancouver, gained international attention for setting a new Canadian heat record of 49.6 degrees Celsius...
Spain says 'monster' fire under control after 7 days
Sep 14, 2021 (AFP)
The blaze, which officials believe was started deliberately last Wednesday in the Sierra Bermeja mountains near Estepona, "is under control", Juanma Moreno, hea...
California burning: Wildfires heat up governor recall vote
Sep 13, 2021 (AFP)
Democrat Gavin Newsom's detractors blame him for all of California's ills: from the housing crisis to the march of Covid-19. And the record-breaking fire season...
The growing threat of wildfires in America
Sep 09, 2021 (SPX)
And this increased risk could present serious financial burdens to lower-income households unless systems are put in place to help underserved communities, acco...
August Amazon fires remain near highs under Bolsonaro
Sep 01, 2021 (AFP)
Brazil's space agency, INPE, recorded 28,060 fires in the Brazilian Amazon last month -- down 4.3 percent from August 2020, but well above the average of 18,000...
Siberia's devastating wildfires 'almost' extinguished
Aug 26, 2021 (AFP)
In hard-hit Yakutia -- Russia's largest and coldest region -- wildfires have burned through 99,000 square kilometres (38,000 square miles), an area larger than ...
Wildfires in Russia spread to central regions
Aug 25, 2021 (AFP)
Authorities were fighting 15 wildfires in the Urals region of Sverdlovsk, the emergencies ministry said. The region -- which lies on the border of Europe and As...
NASA's MISR Instrument sees California wildfire smoke plumes from space
Aug 25, 2021 (JPL)
The MISR instrument has nine cameras that view Earth at different angles. The right side of the image shows smoke from the five fires as observed by MISR's nadi...
Putin vows funds boost to protect Russian forests from fires
Aug 24, 2021 (AFP)
Experts blame the huge fires that have ripped across Russia's vast territory in recent years on climate change, negligence and underfunded forestry management s...
Wildfires devastate Bolivian nature reserves
Aug 24, 2021 (AFP)
On Monday night there were 20 active fires in Santa Cruz state affecting seven protected areas. The government said 200,000 hectares (495,000 acres) had burned ...
Villages evacuated as fresh wildfires hit Greece
Aug 23, 2021 (AFP)
Both fires erupted not far from the site of devastating wildfires that swept parts of Greece earlier this summer, forcing thousands from their homes and destroy...
Weekend winds 'risk worsening' French Riviera fire
Aug 19, 2021 (AFP)
"We're expecting risky days" ahead, Florent Dossetti of the Var department fire brigade told AFP. But he added that there had been fewer flareups Thursday than ...
Forest fire in Morocco's north under control; Algeria forest fires extinguished
Aug 18, 2021 (AFP)
Hundreds of people, including firefighters and soldiers supported by four firefighting planes and other aircraft, battled to the extinguish the blaze which brok...
Greek megafires highlight failure to prepare, experts say
Aug 18, 2021 (AFP)
Climate scientists warn extreme weather and fierce fires will become increasingly common due to man-made global warming, heightening the need to invest in teams...
New wildfire explodes near California state capital
Aug 18, 2021 (AFP)
At least two people had to be airlifted to hospital as the Caldor Fire tore through a small town around 80 kilometers (50 miles) from Sacramento. Thousands of p...
Two dead as France battles Riviera inferno
Aug 18, 2021 (AFP)
The fire is the latest to hit a Mediterranean region that has seen an onslaught of blazes claim lives in Greece, Turkey, Italy and Algeria in recent weeks, with...
Algeria arrests 60 over fire lynching; As France, Portugal battle own fires
Aug 17, 2021 (AFP)
The latest arrests were made in several provinces across the country, police said in a statement, adding that the suspects were also accused of damaging public ...
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