Wildfires in the normally humid, tropical Amazon rainforest have been supercharged by a disastrous combination of elevated temperatures, historic drought and deforestation. In Roraima State, in northern Brazil, the number of fires in February were more than five times the average. CBC | World News
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IN PHOTOS | Scenes of spreading Texas wildfires
A cluster of wildfires is scorching the Texas Panhandle, including a blaze that grew into one of the largest in state history. CBC | World News
Read More »Wildfires scorch Texas Panhandle, prompt shutdown of nuclear weapons facility
Rapidly moving Texas wildfires prompted evacuation orders in small towns, on Tuesday, and shut down a nuclear facility as strong winds, dry grass and unseasonably warm temperatures fuelled the blaze in the state’s rural Panhandle. CBC | World News
Read More »Search for hundreds of missing people underway in Chile after wildfires ravage neighbourhoods
Volunteers in central Chile tried to remove charred metal, broken glass and other debris Monday from neighbourhoods devastated by wildfires over the past several days, as officials raised the death toll to 122. Hundreds of people remain missing. CBC | World News
Read More »Chile wildfires death toll likely to rise ‘significantly,’ president says
At least 64 people have died from forest fires raging in Chile — an increase of 13 in the past day, President Gabriel Boric said on Sunday, adding that the death toll is likely to increase further. CBC | World News
Read More »Massive rainfall amounts could soon extinguish many of Australia’s wildfires
Torrential rain across Australia’s east could extinguish all remaining bushfires in the New South Wales by the end of the week, authorities said on Tuesday, though in Victoria officials expect it to dampen, rather than extinguish, many of the 20 existing fires there. CBC | World News
Read More »Bittersweet reprieve as heavy rain, floods douse Australian wildfires
Many Australians were experiencing a bittersweet break from the threat of bushfires on Thursday, with heavy rain deluging many areas and a tropical cyclone forecast to hit the country’s northwest over the weekend. CBC | World News
Read More »Canadian Forces sending plane, crew to help fight Australia wildfires
The plane and crew are to transport fire retardant from the U.S., free up Australian airlift capacity and take images of fires from the air to measure them and predict how they might spread. CBC | World News
Read More »Australian wildfires: Water-bomber plane in horror crash as it desperately battled blazes
A WATER-BOMBER airplane attempting to extinguish wildfires in Australia has crashed in a horrific accident. Daily Express :: News Feed
Read More »As wildfires grow, so too does anger at Australia PM’s handling of crisis
Cooling temperatures and calmer winds brought some relief Sunday to Australian communities raked by wildfires, but the heat stayed on Prime Minister Scott Morrison to accept responsibility for the crisis and take action. CBC | World News
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