FIRESTORM

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Ecuador declares emergency for forest fires, water shortages
Nov 18, 2024 (AFP)
The state of emergency, approved by the environment ministry, will be in place for 60 days, the country's SNGR emergency management secretariat said in a statem...
NASA and Forest Service employ high-altitude balloon to enhance firefighter communication
Nov 18, 2024 (SPX)
Wildfires often occur in remote, rugged terrains where cell service is unreliable, complicating communication between ground teams and command centers. The Stra...
Raging bushfires in Australia destroy home and livestock
Nov 17, 2024 (AFP)
Strong winds and high temperatures sparked 80 fires on Saturday, which hundreds of firefighters are battling. Two fires in the state's western and southern regi...
Rapid expansion of wildland-urban interface linked to wildfire risks worldwide study finds
Nov 16, 2024 (SPX)
A team led by Prof. WANG Jianghao at the Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, analyzed changes in globa...
New York drought conditions fan flames, spur water saving
Nov 13, 2024 (AFP)
Since Friday, wildfires have burned through thousands of acres on the border between New York and New Jersey, just an hour from Manhattan, claiming the life of ...
Sikorsky and Rain demonstrate autonomous helicopter's wildfire suppression capabilities
Nov 12, 2024 (SPX)
On October 29, at Sikorsky's Stratford headquarters, the Rapid Wildfire Response Demonstration illustrated how this cutting-edge technology can respond to a fir...
Rare brushfire in New York stoked by heat, drought
Nov 09, 2024 (AFP)
There were no immediate reports of damage to buildings in the blaze late Friday in the Prospect Park area, and by Saturday all but a few hot spots had been exti...
Green shoots spring from ashes in Brazil's fire-resistant savanna
Nov 03, 2024 (AFP)
The Cerrado, the most species-rich savanna in the world, covers some two million square kilometers of land (770,000 square miles) in central Brazil -- nearly on...
Spire Global and OroraTech join NASA to develop space-based wildfire monitoring
Oct 30, 2024 (SPX)
This initiative involves a low-cost, satellite-based network for real-time wildfire monitoring across the U.S., merging Spire's expertise in satellite operation...
Greek PM deplores worst climate conditions in 4 decades
Oct 23, 2024 (AFP)
The already sun-baked Mediterranean region has been designated by scientists as a climate change "hotspot", with warming higher than the global average, accordi...
Foreign help expected to fight Greek forest fire: minister
Oct 01, 2024 (AFP)
The fire had consumed up to 5,000 hectares (12,350 acres) of forest and agricultural land, civil protection minister Vassilis Kikilias told a news conference. O...
Fires taking Amazon closer to 'point of no return': expert
Oct 01, 2024 (AFP)
The 73-year-old, one of the top experts on the Amazon rainforest, was cheering the fact that "for the first time, all the leaders in the region are mobilized to...
Brazilians choke as fire smoke blankets country; Two firefighters dead in Greece
Sep 30, 2024 (AFP)
South America's biggest country has for weeks been choking on pollution along with much of the rest of the continent battling extreme drought and record fires. ...
Village evacuated over forest fire in southern Greece
Sep 29, 2024 (AFP)
An arsenal of 15 vehicles, seven water bombers and three helicopters were deployed to battle the blaze, whose "long front" has made it "difficult to control", a...
Why South America is burning
Sep 27, 2024 (AFP)
The blazes have killed at least 30 people, left cities shrouded in toxic smoke and caused millions of dollars in economic losses. This fire season is "completel...
Ecuador capital 'under attack' from five wildfires
Sep 25, 2024 (AFP)
Some 2,000 firefighters, military personnel and rescue workers have been deployed in Quito to try to contain the blazes and bring residents in affected areas to...
Quito facing 'critical' wildfire threat, mayor says
Sep 25, 2024 (AFP)
"We have at least five fire hotspots," said Pabel Munoz on X, describing the situation as "critical at the moment." The battle against the flames "will not end ...
Colombia battles fires as drought fuels Latin American flames
Sep 22, 2024 (AFP)
From Ecuador to Brazil, many Latin American nations are gripped by their worst drought in decades, fueling a blistering fire season that has set residents and g...
Dozens in China disciplined over deadly January fire; Portugal brings deadly forest fires under control
Sep 21, 2024 (AFP)
The fire in the city of Xinyu in central China's Jiangxi province trapped many people, killing 39 and injuring nine. Public prosecutors approved the arrest of 1...
What we know about the fire 'pandemic' plaguing Brazil
Sep 19, 2024 (AFP)
From the Amazon rainforest to the Pantanal wetlands, flames have consumed millions of hectares of forest and farmland in recent weeks. Nearly two-thirds of Lati...
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