Wildfires rage in Greece, Spain and Italy as heatwave spreads
Hospital patients were evacuated onto a ferry in the Greek port city of Alexandroupolis on Tuesday away from a wildfire raging uncontrolled for a fourth day as a new heatwave ...
Yellowknife residents abandon town and Canada fires spark new evacuations (updated)
The remaining residents from the remote northern Canadian city of Yellowknife sought to get out of town on Friday before flames blocked their exit, while another wildfire in the western ...
Canadian wildfire threatens towns, govt orders evacuations
Canadian officials ordered the evacuation of the Northwest Territories’ capital of Yellowknife and several smaller communities as a massive wildfire threatened the town of Hay River overnight.
Teams were working ...
Maui’s displaced grow anxious as wildfire recovery drags on
A week after wildfire ravaged the resort town of Lahaina, traumatized Maui residents have grown weary from living off relief supplies while many are kept from inspecting their homes and ...
Maui wildfire death toll hits 80 as questions raised over warnings
The death toll from the Maui wildfires rose to 80 on Friday as search teams combed through the smoldering ruins of Lahaina, and Hawaiian officials sought to determine how the inferno ...
Hawaii wildfires kill 36 as ‘apocalypse’ hits Maui island resort city
At least 36 people have died after wildfires, fanned by winds from a faraway hurricane, devastated much of the resort city Lahaina on Hawaii’s Maui island, the Maui County said ...
Wildfire rages for fourth day in Portugal, 1,400 evacuated
Nearly 1,000 firefighters were battling a wildfire in southern Portugal on Tuesday that has been raging for four days, scorching thousands of hectares and forcing the evacuation of around 1,400 people.
The ...
Pope urges world leaders to do more to tackle climate change
Pope Francis said on Sunday that recent heat waves across many parts of the world and flooding in countries such as South Korea showed that more urgent action was needed ...
Wildfires in Greece burn for fifth day as another heatwave hits
Greece struggled to contain a wildfire west of Athens that burnt forestland for a fifth day on Friday as another heatwave hit the country.
Firefighters, backed by air water bombers ...
Wildfires in Greece largely contained, danger not over as new heatwave looms
Wildfires across Greece were largely contained on Thursday after razing swathes of forest and dozens of homes for days, though a new heatwave loomed, threatening to stoke tinderbox conditions across ...
Europe battles heatwave and fires, record temperatures scorch China
Italy put 23 cities on red alert with temperatures set to reach up to 46 Celsius (114 Fahrenheit) on Wednesday, one of the global hotspots as a wave of extreme heat, wildfires and ...
Wildfires continue in Greece as EU allies send aid
Wildfires burned for a third day west of the Greek capital Athens on Wednesday, as authorities braced for a new heatwave stoking tinderbox conditions across the country.
At first light, ...
Wildfires northwest of Athens rage into the night, burn homes
Two wildfires swept uncontrolled through forestlandand towns northwest of Athens for a second day on Tuesday, forcing more residents to flee their homes as authorities fought to stop the flames ...
Wildfires rage near Athens, houses damaged (Update)
Two wildfires, fanned by strong winds, raged uncontrolled through coastal towns near Athens on Monday forcing residents to flee their homes and prompting the evacuation of hundreds of children from ...
Young Canadian firefighter killed battling blaze in British Columbia
Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday paid tribute to a young firefighter killed while battling a forest blaze in British Columbia, as wildfires continue to rage across the ...
Wildfires spread in British Columbia, Quebec sees signs of progress
Wildfires spread in the western Canadian province of British Columbia on Friday, while in the east, Quebec said it would start efforts to control blazes that have sent smoke billowing ...
Canadian smoke blankets US capital, reaches Norway
The shroud of polluted air emanating from Canadian wildfires pushed further down the Atlantic Seaboard, blanketing Washington, D.C., in an unhealthy haze and prompting many residents of the nation’...
Smoky, dangerous haze parked over US east coast for second day
A smoky yellow haze generated by hundreds of Canadian wildfires hovered over a large swath of the United States on Thursday, threatening to make breathing difficult and disrupting air travel ...
Wildfire in Canada’s Halifax leads to evacuation orders for thousands of homes
A wildfire in the eastern Canadian city of Halifax led to mandatory evacuation orders for thousands of homes, and officials said residents will not be not allowed to return until ...
Wildfire ravages 3,700 acres in western Spain, 550 people evacuated
A wildfire in the western Spanish region of Extremadura has ravaged up to 3,700 acres and forced 550 people from their homes with windy weather complicating efforts to bring it under control, ...
A boy and his boat help Chile firefighters combat blazes
As his parents fought wildfires threatening their home in southern Chile, 13-year-old Lucas Cespedes decided to take action, ferrying firefighters across the local river in a small yellow rowing boat ...
Authorities investigate cause of small wildfire in Paphos on Friday night
A small area of thick, wild vegetation and dry grasses burnt in a fire that broke out on Friday evening on the borders of the community of Droushia in the ...
France battles ‘monster’ wildfire as heatwaves scorch Europe
Firefighters flew to France from across Europe to battle a “monster” wildfire raging for a third day near the wine-growing heartland of Bordeaux on Thursday, with no let-up in blistering ...
Wildfires rage in France, thousands evacuated from homes (Updated)
Wildfires tore through the Gironde region of southwestern France on Wednesday, destroying homes and forcing the evacuation of 10,000 residents, some of whom had clambered onto rooftops as the flames got ...