Tag: wildfires
‘We are losing the Amazon rainforest’: Record number of wildfires in...
Fire is sucking the life out of parts of the Amazon rainforest. In Roraima State, in northern Brazil, the number of fires in...
IN PHOTOS | Scenes of spreading Texas wildfires
WorldA cluster of wildfires is scorching the Texas Panhandle, including a blaze that grew into one of the largest in state history.Texas Governor...
Rapidly spreading Texas wildfires prompt evacuations, nuclear weapons plant shutdown
Rapidly moving Texas wildfires prompted evacuation orders in small towns, on Tuesday, and shut down a nuclear facility as strong winds, dry grass and...
Search for hundreds of missing people underway in Chile after wildfires...
Volunteers in central Chile tried to remove charred metal, broken glass and other debris Monday from neighbourhoods devastated by wildfires over the past...
Tally of missing from Hawaii wildfires drops significantly as deaths unchanged,...
One month after the deadliest U.S. wildfire in more than a century levelled the historic town of Lahaina, Hawaii Gov. Josh Green said...
Bare electrical wire, leaning poles possible cause of deadly Maui wildfires
In the first moments of the Maui fires, when high winds brought down power poles, slapping electrified wires to the dry grass below,...
Greek firefighters continue to battle deadly wildfires as 2 more people...
Fire department officials in Greece arrested two men Saturday for allegedly starting wildfires on purpose, while hundreds of firefighters battled blazes that have...
Hawaii officials still don’t know fate of more than 800 people...
Two weeks after the deadliest U.S. wildfire in more than a century swept through the Maui community of Lahaina, authorities say more than...
At least 18 new deaths reported in Greece wildfires
Greek firefighters found the bodies of 18 people in an area of northeastern Greece ravaged by a major wildfire burning for days, authorities...
WestJet, Air Canada face criticism over Yellowknife flights as wildfires rage
As wildfires burn across the Northwest Territories, Canada's major airlines are facing criticism that not enough is being done to accommodate passengers hoping to...
