Fears grow about Sydney after Australia fires merge into giant blaze (Updated)
Bushfires fanned by winds combined into a single giant blaze north of Sydney late on Friday, blanketing Australia’s biggest city in hazardous smoke, causing weekend...
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Sydney gasps for air as Australia bushfire smoke reaches record levels
The Australian state of New South Wales was gasping under the worst levels of air pollution ever recorded on Friday as smoke from widespread bushfires...
Australians shelter from bushfires as political pressure rises
By Colin Packham SYDNEY, Nov 21 (Reuters) – Firefighters battled against hundreds of bushfires across Australia‘s east coast on Thursday as scores of blazes sprang up...
New front opens in Australian bushfires, power cut to thousands
Electricity firms cut off power to thousands of people, more than 100 schools were closed and residents in high risk regions were poised to evacuate...
Sydneysiders urged to stay indoors as Australian bushfire smoke blankets city
Strong winds stoked more than 100 fires across Australia’s east coast on Tuesday, blanketing Sydney in hazardous smoke and prompting health warnings for the country’s...
Australians shelter and flee as firefighters battle 150 bushfires
Australian officials ordered people in several communities, including a major tourist destination, to evacuate immediately on Wednesday as firefighters struggled to contain more than 150...
New blazes break out as Australians take shelter from intense bushfires
Tens of thousands of Australians took shelter on Tuesday after authorities warned it was too late for them to leave their homes as bushfires raged...
Evacuees fleeing Canary Islands wildfire rise to 8,000
(Reuters) – Around 8,000 people have been evacuated as firefighters battle an out-of-control wildfire on Gran Canaria in Spain’s Canary Islands, authorities said on Monday....
Villagers angry as Portugal wildfire still rages
VILA DE REI/MACAO, Portugal, July 22 (Reuters) – After more than 50 hours, firefighters were still battling a wildfire in centralPortugal late on Monday, as villagers and...
Hawaii’s Maui Island wildfire forces evacuations
Thousands of residents and visitors on Hawaii’s Maui Island were ordered to evacuate two communities on Thursday as a spreading wildfire sent smoke billowing high...
President calls for coordination to meet increased fire risk
President Anastasiades called on ministries to coordinate efforts to counter a heightened fire risk this summer as the proliferation of vegetation caused by heavy rains...
Wildfires rage across Britain after hottest winter day on record (V)
By Jon Super DIGGLE, England Feb 27 (Reuters) – Firefighters battled a series of wildfires in Britain on Wednesday, including a large moorland blaze outside...
Australians flee homes as grassfires hit southeast
Bush and grass fires sweeping across Australia’s southeast destroyed homes, killed cattle and forced hundreds to flee on Sunday as dry, hot winds fanned the...
2017 was second hottest year on record, after sizzling 2016
Last year was the second hottest worldwide on record, just behind a sweltering 2016, with signs of climate change ranging from wildfires to a thaw...
Fire crews fighting deadly California blazes welcome cool fog
Firefighters battling 15 wildfires that have killed at least 11 people and destroyed hundreds of buildings in California’s wine country on welcomed a drop in...
Wildfire forces evacuation of California town near Yosemite (Updated)
The 2,000 residents of a small California town in the foothills flanking Yosemite National Park were ordered to evacuate on Tuesday as crews battled an...
Canada wildfires disrupt industry, force 14,000 from homes
Rapidly spreading wildfires in Western Canada’s British Columbia on Monday disrupted timber and mining operations, damaged equipment at a regional electric utility and forced thousands...
Firefighters battle to contain New Zealand wildfire as 1,000 evacuated
Hundreds of firefighters and dozens of aircraft fought a massive wildfire threatening New Zealand’s third largest city Christchurch on Thursday. The wildfire in Christchurch’s Port...
Death toll from devastating Tennessee wildfire climbs to 11
By Steve Gorman The death toll from a devastating blaze in and around the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in Tennessee rose to 11 on...
Death toll rises to 7 in Tennessee’s Great Smoky Mountains fires
By Steve Gorman The death toll from wildfires blazing in and around the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in Tennessee rose to seven on Wednesday...
