Tag: wildfires
Kodama Systems: Tech startups innovate to snuff out wildfires
This is the tinderbox of the Sierra Nevada. It’s early June, the temperature is 97 degrees Fahrenheit and the air shimmers over dead trees choked…
Canary Islands: 18 bodies found in Greece as firefighters battle wind-driven wildfires across the country
ALEXANDROUPOLIS: Firefighters on Tuesday found the burnt bodies of 18 people believed to have been migrants who had crossed the Turkish border into an area…
Maui fire survivors are confronting huge mental health hurdles, many while still living in shelters
KIHEI: The evacuation center at the South Maui Community Park Gymnasium is now Anne Landon’s safe space. She has a cot and access to food,…
Hawaii wildfire death toll nears 100, and anger grows
KAHULUI: The death toll in Hawaii from the deadliest US wildfire in more than a century was expected to cross the 100-mark Sunday, fueling criticism…
Death toll rises to 80 in Maui wildfires as survivors begin returning to communities in ruins
LAHAINA: The death toll has risen to 80 as a result of the wildfires that decimated parts of the island of Maui this past week,…
Wildfires: 150-year-old banyan tree from India scorched & scarred, but still standing
NEW YORK: A 150-year-old banyan tree imported from India and one of the largest in the US is struggling for its survival as deadly wildfires…
Maui: Hawaii wildfires death toll expected to rise, governor says
KAHULUI: 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…
Wildfires: Temperatures soar in Iberia as wildfires force the evacuation of 1,400 in Portugal
LISBON: 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,…
Wildfires bring death and destruction to sun-scorched Mediterranean
RHODES/ALGIERS: Large areas of the Mediterranean sweltered under an intense summer heatwave on Tuesday and firefighters battled to put out blazes across the region. In…
Greece Wildfires: Wildfires in Greece burn for days, more tourists expected to fly out
RHODES: Greece battled to contain wildfires on the island of Rhodes for a seventh day on Tuesday, as hundreds of tourists who had been forced…