This year has been another rough year in terms of fighting state wildfires. They often require firefighters to trek through dangerous terrain to extinguish them. The co-founder of a tech company in the Midwest talks about how his team is helping the firelines with drones and software.
As parts of the West grapple with wildfires, a storm that brought life-threatening flash flooding and powerful winds to Southern California on Friday will deliver more heavy rain over the weekend. At least 5 million residents across California, Nevada, and Arizona remain under flood watches through Saturday morning as post-tropical cyclone Kay drenches the coastline […]
ALGIERS, Algeria—Wildfires raging in the forests of eastern Algeria have killed at least 37 people and wounded 161 others, the civil protection department of the North African country said Thursday. Most of the victims were reported in the wilaya, or region, of El Tarf, near the northern Algeria-Tunisian border, where 34 people were found dead. […]
LA TESTE-DE-BUCH, France—France scrambled more water-bombing planes and hundreds more firefighters to combat spreading wildfires that were being fed Monday by hot swirling winds from a searing heat wave broiling much of Europe. In Spain, two people have been killed in blazes there. With winds changing direction, authorities in southwestern France announced plans to evacuate […]
Several wildfires are sweeping across Portugal and Spain, menacing villages, and causing the evacuation of hundreds of local residents. The fires come at a time the countries are enduring a sweltering heatwave, with temperatures above 40 degrees Celsius (approximately 104 degrees Fahrenheit) in many parts.
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.—U.S. Forest Service employees made multiple miscalculations, used inaccurate models, and underestimated how dry conditions were in the Southwest, causing a planned burn to reduce the threat of wildfires to explode into the largest blaze in New Mexico’s recorded history, the agency said Tuesday. The agency quietly posted an 80-page review that details the […]
Wildfires are sweeping through parts of Spain amid an unusual heat wave in Western Europe. High temperature and low humidity are making it even harder to bring them under control. The temperature in Spain has broken records for the warmest early summer.
