Forest Fires

Officials on the Greek island of Rhodes evacuated thousands of locals and tourists from villages in the southeast of the Aegean island, where wildfires were raging out of control for a fifth day. High winds and a nine-kilometre (six-mile)…

By Staff The Canadian Press Posted July 3, 2023 5:34 pm…

QUEBEC — Smoke continued to billow from wildfires burning across northern Quebec on Monday, grounding water bombers and causing widespread smog warnings farther south. There were 114 fires burning across the province as of Monday…

MONTREAL — Thick, smoky air blanketed many parts of Quebec on Sunday as more than 110 wildfires raging in the northern parts of the province set more communities on high alert for new evacuation orders. Environment Canada issued smog…

By Staff The Canadian Press Posted June 17, 2023 3:02 pm…

India has witnessed 1.95 lakh forest fires over the past nine years, and uses bambi buckets to extinguish fires, said an executive of American aerospace company Lockheed Martin here at a press conference on Sunday. The interest for…

High above the valley in California’s wine country, Joanna Wells’ vineyard is a challenging place to grow grapes. It’s nearly 3,000 feet above sea level, atop a mountain ridge, “Forty minutes off a main road just to get there,” Wells…

Last Updated: August 31, 2022, 23:14 ISTFirefighters attempt to control hot points during a fire at Brazil's Amazon rainforest, in Apui, Amazonas state, Brazil. (Image: REUTERS/Bruno Kelly/File)The national space research agency registered…

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This year’s extreme heatwave in India and Pakistan killed at least 90 people, caused glacial flooding and forest fires, and brought down India’s wheat production by 20%, said a report by World Weather Attribution (WWA) launched…