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Wildfires across the world are devastating huge areas. Often humans are the culprits with campfires, cigarettes and even arson attacks. But the question is: Is there is a link to climate change as well, to drought and heatwaves?
One of their lawyers says there have been “extremely positive” signals from the court so far, ahead of the hearing next month.
Greece on Tuesday was battling a growing wildfire front that killed two and forced widespread evacuations in the second deadly wave of fires in a month.
Heatwave conditions have raised temperatures to dangerous levels in northern Africa and Europe.
Tens of thousands forced to flee as wildfires continue to rage on the Spanish island of Tenerife and in Canada’s North West Territories
Thousands more residents of Tenerife in Spain’s Canary Islands have fled their homes as a wildfire that authorities deemed “out of control” raged on for a fourth day.
An out-of-control wildfire on the Spanish Canary island of Tenerife has burned thousands of acres and affected nearly 8,000 people who are either evacuated or confined, authorities said Thursday.
Around 250 firefighters on Wednesday battled a wildfire raging “out of control” on Spain’s holiday island of Tenerife that forced road closures and the evacuation of five villages, officials said.
A ‘powerful’ inferno with ‘huge potential’ to spread is raging on the Spanish holiday island.
‘The closest thing I think I can compare it to is perhaps a war zone, or maybe a bomb went off.’
Hawaii fires: At least 53 dead and 1,000 missing as entire town ‘gone’ The death toll from the devastating Hawaii…
Hawaii wildfires burn historic town of Lahaina to the ground Wildfires have devastated the historic town of Lahaina on Hawaii’s…
More than 1,000 firefighters are battling a series of wildfires in Portugal as it and neighboring Spain experience several days of extreme summer heat, with temperatures in many areas rising above 40 degrees Celsius (104 F).
Torrential rain, flash floods and raging wildfires have devastated Europe this summer.
Portugal battles wildfires amid third heatwave of the year Another heatwave sweeping Portugal has left thousands of hectares engulfed in…
Rhodes fires: Free holiday for evacuated tourists, Greek PM says Greek PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis has pledged to give tourists who…
Disbelief doesn’t quite cover it. Neither does anger, or shock.
Canada wildfire: Firefighter dies tackling British Columbia blaze A wildfire near Fort St John, in the western province of British…
Satellite images show the scale of how badly torched Greece has been after a week of wildfires.
Thousands of jetsetters are due to hit the beaches of Antalya and Alanya in the next month to try and get the last of their summer sunshine.
Firefighters in Greece continue to battle blazes on popular tourist islands. The effort continuing a week blazes first erupted on the mainland. Temperatures in the country are expected to come down from tomorrow, but strong winds continue to pose a problem. Firefighters in host of countries around the Mediterranean have been battling blazes including in Croatia, Portugal and Italy. FRANCE 24’s Jennie Shin reports
People in countries such as Turkey, Greece, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Algeria and Tunisia have seen their regions hit.
‘They told us “we are ready to try. We go for a last supply and we leave.”‘
Two pilots die after plane crashes whilst trying to battle Greece wildfires Two pilots have died after their plane crashed…