The town of Jasper and Jasper National Park in Alberta have closed. At least 25,000 people have been forced to evacuate due to wildfires in Jasper National Park in Canada, officials said. The town of Jasper and Jasper National Park … Read More
Hundreds of people are missing as wildfires continue to raze homes in Chile’s Valparaíso region. More than 120 people have been killed in the fires, which have burned down thousands of homes. President Gabriel Boric said the blaze was “the … Read More
More than 20,000 residents given until noon on Friday to leave home in face of advancing wildfire that could arrive by weekend Long lines of traffic have clogged the only road out of the Canadian city of Yellowknife, after authorities … Read More
KAHULUI, Hawaii, Aug 10 (Reuters) – The death toll from a wildfire that has turned the resort town of Lahaina on Hawaii’s Maui island into smoldering ruins was expected to rise “very significantly” on Thursday, according to Hawaii Governor Josh … Read More
‘There is no magical defence mechanism,’ says Greek prime minister as fires burn in northern Africa and southern Europe Wildfires were burning in at least nine countries across the Mediterranean on Tuesday as blazes spread in Croatia, Italy and Portugal, … Read More
July 24 (UPI) — Raging forest fires on the Greek island of Corfu forced authorities to evacuate more than 2,400 people Monday from 17 settlements, while rescue operations on Rhodes continued into a third day. Civil protection forces were battling … Read More
Eastern US states including New York, Massachusetts and Connecticut issue alerts as hundreds of wildfires burn in Canada Tens of millions of people in the US were under air quality alerts on Wednesday, as smoke from Canadian wildfires drifted south, … Read More
May 17 (Reuters) – Smoke blanketed the skies over much of Alberta on Wednesday as firefighters from Canada and the U.S. battled raging wildfires that have prompted evacuations, disrupted rail service and shut energy production in Canada’s main oil-producing province. … Read More
The European Union is bracing itself for a difficult wildfire season with hundreds of firefighters from different member states being deployed as the drought in southern European countries could become “the worst ever”. “Since 2017, we have witnessed the most … Read More