Tag: wildfire
Evacuation: Canada to deploy military in British Columbia to tackle fast-spreading wildfires that led to evacuation order for 35,000 people
REVELSTOKE: Canada is sending the military to tackle fast-spreading wildfires in British Columbia, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Sunday, as the western province deals…
Air evacuations are to begin for people in the path of wildfires in Canada’s Northwest Territories
YELLOWKNIFE: Air evacuations were to begin Thursday to move residents in the capital of Canada’s Northwest Territories out of the path of wildfires that neared…
As death toll from Maui wildfire reaches 93, effort to find and identify the dead is just beginning
LAHAINA: As the death toll from a wildfire that razed a historic Maui town climbed to 93, authorities warned that the effort to find and…
Maui wildfire kills 67, leaves painful questions in its wake
MAALAEA: Hawaiian officials on Friday were still trying to determine what caused a deadly wildfire to sweep through Lahaina on Maui island with terrifying speed,…
At least 6 killed in wildfires that devastated parts of the Hawaiian island of Maui, official says
KAHULUI: The wildfires that have devastated parts of the Hawaiian island of Maui have killed six people, officials said Wednesday. Richard Bissen Jr., the mayor…
Wildfires across Algeria have killed 25 people, including 10 soldiers who were battling the flames
ALGIERS: Wildfires raging across Algeria have killed 25 people, including 10 soldiers trying to get the flames under control in the face of high winds…
30,000 people evacuated as wildfires rage in Greek Rhodes Island
ATHENS: Officials on the Greek island of Rhodes said Saturday they had moved 30,000 people threatened by wildfires to safety, including 2,000 who had to…
Heat wave bakes southern Europe, sparking warnings to stay inside, drink water and limit exercise
ROME: Italian health officials intensified heat warnings Monday as southern Europe began a brutally hot week with temperatures expected to top 40 Celsius – or…
Canadian wildfire emissions hit record high as smoke reaches Europe
Wildfires burning through large swathes of eastern and western Canada have released a record 160 million tonnes of carbon, the EU‘s Copernicus Atmospheric Monitoring Service…
Haze from Canadian wildfires eases as reinforcements from abroad arrive
MONTREAL: The hazardous haze from wildfires in Canada’s northeast eased there and throughout much of northeastern United States on Friday, but Canadian officials warned it…