wildfires

While Chile has been going through a drought for the past decade, July was particularly dry Andres Couve, the science minister of Chile, has said addressing the climate crisis is a “national…

Communities on the frontline of the climate crisis say radical solutions must be on the table – before it’s too late Ayisha Siddiqa doesn’t want fossil fuel companies to determine her future…

‘It’s a horrible combination – together, the wildfires and Covid-19 make us even sicker’ Wildfire smoke is linked to at least 19,000 additional cases of Covid-19 on the West Coast, and 700…

Wildfires have raged through southern Europe in the past few weeks, and the apocalyptic scenes are just the beginning, reports Borzou Daragahi

Zero containment of wildfire, one of about a dozen big blazes in drought-stricken state that have destroyed hundreds of homes. A wildfire burning for a week in northern California continued to grow…

Blazes are destroying whole communities. The Canadian government must act now to tackle this existential threat

Parts of the Mediterranean and central Europe have experienced extreme temperatures this summer, with wildfires causing devastation in both Turkey and Greece. The blaze on Evia, Greece’s second-…

The city is surrounded by flames. On the ground, there are tales of heroism – and fear for the future. Little had prepared any of us on the Athens-bound flight for the sight of the great fire-…

As wildfires swept through the Italian island of Sicily, fueled by an extreme heatwave, officials in one city recorded on Wednesday what is believed to be the highest temperature ever recorded in…

Firefighters in northern Morocco are battling to put out two forest blazes, a forestries official said Sunday as the North African kingdom swelters in a heatwave. "Non-stop efforts are underway to…

Report warns temperatures likely to rise by more than 1.5C bringing widespread extreme weather Human activity is changing the Earth’s climate in ways “unprecedented” in thousands or hundreds of…

Thousands have been forced to evacuate after a blaze tore through the Plaine des Maures nature reserve Hundreds of French firefighters battled for a third day on Wednesday to contain a raging…

For three days, the Massif des Maures in the south of France has burned, and along with it the Plaine des Maures nature reserve – one of the Mediterranean’s jewels of biodiversity, unique in all of…

"We’ve bought forest offsets that are now burning,’ says Microsoft’s carbon program manager Forests purchased by major corporations in an effort to offset their carbon emissions are burning as the…

It could be days before officials will be able to assess the damage California’s largest wildfire has done to a small town It could be days before officials will be able to assess the damage done to…

ATHENS, Aug 4 (Reuters) - Greek authorities ordered villages near the site of the ancient Olympic Games in the western Peloponnese to be evacuated on Wednesday as wildfires raged across the country,…

Spain and Portugal are bracing for temperatures above 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) in coming days, as a mass of hot, dry air from Africa pushes north into the Iberian peninsula.…

Prime minister says request made for help internationally as forest blazes erupt in Kabyle region and elsewhere More than 40 people, including 25 soldiers, have died in wildfires that erupted east…

It is the storied sea traversed by Odysseus and the Vikings, a body of water that has been the wellspring of civilisations, culture and commerce as well as countless myths and legends. It is the…

Emergency services are working hard to deal with destructive fires across Southern Europe which have been fuelled by strong winds and soaring heatwave temperatures. The blazes have been raging for…