wildfires
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Raging wildfires are a part of life for many in California, and now, even before a blaze erupts, one power company says they may have to ...
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California counties are officially declaring the start of fire season. But wildfires have already been igniting throughout the state. Some lawmakers are proposing to increase the ...
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California’s fire season is not just about fighting wildfires in the mountains. Cities and counties across the state are reporting a growing number of fires related ...
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New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham has declared states of emergency in five counties due to wildfires that have burned through large swaths of the drought-stricken state. ...
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A key therapy for treating COVID-19 symptoms is in short supply, New York City is seeing its first snow of 2022, and a Colorado pastor and congregation ...
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A few minutes—That’s how long some residents of Superior, Colorado had to flee their homes and save themselves during the wildfires. And some of them escaped ...
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Tens of thousands of people were evacuated and hundreds of homes were destroyed as wildfires spread near Denver, Colorado. The fires are moving in Boulder County, ...
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Two men have died from injuries suffered in wildfires that have burned hundreds of thousands of acres across Kansas this week, authorities said Friday. Richard Shimanek, ...
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Tornadoes and winds of up to 100 mph hit the central United States on Wednesday, bringing with them record heat levels, wildfires, and dangerous dust storms. The ...
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Recent wildfires have killed thousands of California’s giant sequoias, which are among the world’s oldest and largest trees. Now, a nonprofit is leading an effort to ...
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Syria executed two dozen people on Wednesday after they were charged for igniting wildfires last year that burned nearly 60,000 acres of forests while also killing ...
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SOLVANG, Calif.—Evacuation orders were expanded Tuesday for a growing wildfire driven by intense winds that has shut down a key Southern California highway for more than ...
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Forest officials in California employ a variety of tools such as ropes and foil to help protect treasured Giant Sequoia trees from wildfires.
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An ancient breed of Irish goats has been deployed to protect the hills around one of Dublin’s most affluent suburbs from wildfires.
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A non-profit organization is donating toys to children who lost all of theirs in wildfires. This time, they are helping children in California who were impacted ...
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President Joe Biden traveled to the West Coast on Monday to meet with state and local officials at sites affected by recent wildfires. Multiple blazes in ...
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SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif.—The lifting of a mandatory evacuation order for South Lake Tahoe’s 22,000 residents is a confident milestone in the fight against the Caldor ...
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One of California’s largest active wildfires continues to burn, threatening communities around Lake Tahoe. Firefighters say more favorable weather conditions are helping them contain the fire.
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How are the wildfires this year impacting Americans’ health? Smoke, heavy with damaging particles, has lingered across large portions of the country. That’s because this year, ...
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Wind-fueled wildfires are blazing Wednesday through drought-stricken forests in Northern California after destroying hundreds of homes and forcing thousands of people to flee to safety. Reporting ...
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The nation’s largest utility announced on Tuesday evening that it has begun shutting off power to some 51,000 customers as a large wildfire, fueled by winds, ...
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ALGIERS, Algeria—The death toll in fires ravaging mountain forests and villages in Algeria’s Berber region climbed Wednesday to 65 people, including 28 soldiers, as the president ...
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Dozens of wildfires have spread in Algeria and killed at least 42 people, including 25 military men deployed to help put out the blaze, authorities confirmed ...
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Forecasters are warning Americans to prepare for an intense heatwave this week that is building over parts of the United States, with several states approaching, or ...
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QUINCY, Calif.—At least eight people were missing Saturday as one of the worst wildfires in the nation scorched through Northern California communities, forest, and tinder dry ...
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The large Dixie Fire in Northern California has consumed about 430,000 acres as of Friday, an area larger than Los Angeles. A forest management expert shares ...