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Heatwaves, wildfires to worsen air pollution: UN

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 07 10:04 AM

More frequent and intense heatwaves and wildfires driven by climate change are expected to worsen the quality of the air we breathe, the UN warned. Read more »

US firefighters optimistic over world's biggest tree

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 18 07:43 AM

Firefighters battling to protect the world's biggest tree from wildfires ravaging the parched US said Friday they are optimistic it can be saved. Read more »

California hit by drought and massive wildifre

Josh Edelson, AFP
Posted at Sep 06 02:57 PM

A burned property is seen over a depleted Lake Oroville in Oroville, California on Sunday. Read more »

Blaze sweeps through Athens suburbs

Alexandros Avramidis and Giorgos Moutafis, Reuters
Posted at Aug 07 08:20 PM

More than 700 firefighters, including reinforcements from Cyprus, France and Israel, have been deployed to fight the blaze. Read more »

Fires rage across southern Europe, forcing hundreds to evacuate

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 02 02:08 AM

Dozens of villages were evacuated in tourist hotspots in southern Turkey on Sunday as wildfires that have claimed six lives raged for the fifth day, while Greece, Italy and Spain were also hit by blazes. Read more »

Wildfires, nanalasa sa Southern California

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 28 06:24 PM

Ilang araw nang nilalabanan ng mga bumbero ang wildfires sa Southern California. Read more »

Wildfires raze dozens of homes in New Zealand

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 05 01:45 PM

Wildfires have destroyed up to 50 homes in New Zealand, authorities announced Monday, saying it was a miracle no one was hurt as "a wall of orange" razed most of a remote South Island village. Read more »

Wildfires rip through California wine country, thousands flee homes

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 29 02:12 AM

Thousands of people were forced to flee their homes in California's Napa Valley Monday as wildfires ripped through the region's world-famous wine country. Read more »

Firefighters wrest control over half of massive California wildfire

Mimi Dwyer, Reuters
Posted at Sep 25 05:10 AM

LOS ANGELES - Firefighters on Thursday said they had contained about half of a massive blaze ravaging Los Angeles County for nearly a month, as a fire season that has killed dozens across the US West took another hopeful turn. Read more »

Brazil victim of 'brutal disinformation' on Amazon: Bolsonaro

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 23 01:38 AM

UNITED NATIONS - President Jair Bolsonaro downplayed the destruction of the Amazon rainforest in his address to the United Nations General Assembly Tuesday, claiming Brazil was the target of a "brutal" and "shady" international campaign to discredit it. Read more »

Blazes scorch habitats for endangered species in western US

The New York Times
Posted at Sep 17 06:20 AM

The fast-moving fires that swept through Western United States have wiped out critical populations of endangered species and incinerated native habitats that may take years to recover, if they recover at all. Read more »

Fires continue to rage in US as smoke reaches Europe

Jocelyne Zablit, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 17 05:31 AM

LOS ANGELES - Devastating wildfires that have ravaged the US West Coast continued to rage on Wednesday as smoke from the deadly blazes spread across the country and even reached Europe. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: September 16, 2020

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 01 05:56 PM

Here are the big stories today in photos. Read more »

Oregon wildfire destroys hundreds of houses

Noah Berger, AP
Updated as of Sep 16 02:46 PM

In this aerial photo taken with a drone, fire retardant blankets leveled homes in Talent, Oregon, USA on Tuesday, after the Almeda fire tore through the area. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: September 14, 2020

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 01 05:57 PM

Here are the day's big stories in photos. Read more »

US wildfires kill 30

NASA, AFP
Posted at Sep 14 12:11 PM

This NASA photo, obtained Sept. 13, 2020 and captured by NASA's Aqua satellite, shows the huge number of wildfires that have broken out in Oregon, some beginning in August, but the majority started after an unprecedented and historically rare windstorm that swept through the Cascade foothills in the afternoon of Sept. 7 through the morning of Sept. 8, 2020. Read more »

Ominous orange sky gives San Francisco apocalyptic tint

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Sep 10 05:59 AM

SAN FRANCISCO - People in San Francisco and elsewhere in California woke Wednesday to a deep orange sky that triggered apocalyptic visions in a year already rife with disturbing events. Read more »

Mga Pilipino sa Amerika lumikas dahil sa wildfires

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 24 07:29 PM

Mahigit 600 wildfires ang nagliliyab pa rin sa California sa Amerika.  Read more »

California fires force thousands to flee as more blazes feared

Jocelyne Zablit, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 23 09:00 AM

Some of California's largest-ever fires raged across the state Saturday, forcing tens of thousands from their homes as forecasters warned of further blazes sparked by lightning. Read more »

Thousands rescued from destructive forest fires in southern France

Clemence Fournival and Clara Lalanne, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 06 06:08 AM

Almost 3,000 people were evacuated Tuesday night, some by boat, from homes and camping sites near Marseille in southern France as forest fires tore through 1,000 hectares (2,500 acres) of vegetation. Read more »