‘The sun didn’t sting so much before’: fires stun Colombia’s Andes
By Valentín DÌAZ The once bright green Andean forest where Maria Yadira Jimenez worked as a tour guide has been…
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Brazil deforestation shatters April record
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AFP) -- Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon last month shattered the record for April, destroying…
4 years ago
Europe lashed by extreme weather as climate crisis grows
by Marlowe HOOD Agence France Presse PARIS, France (AFP) -- Europe endured record extreme weather in 2021, from the…
4 years ago
Four dead as wildfires blaze in southern Turkey
Four people were reported dead and more than 180 injured as thousands of firefighters battled huge blazes spreading across the…
5 years ago
California battles largest-ever fire as eight killed in western US
by Javier TOVAR Agence France-Presse SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) -- California firefighters battled the state's largest ever inferno Thursday,…
6 years ago
Australians urged to ‘leave early’ in face of new bushfire threat
by Holly ROBERTSON Agence France Presse SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) -- Australian officials issued fresh evacuation warnings Wednesday ahead of…
6 years ago
Australian Open delay valid if smoke haze worsens: Djokovic
BRISBANE, Australia (AFP) -- Novak Djokovic said Australian Open organizers should consider delaying the first Grand Slam of the year…
6 years ago
Power supply fears as troops called to battle Australia bushfires
by Holly ROBERTSON / with Andrew Beatty and Glenda Kwek in Sydney Agence France-Presse BATEMANS BAY, Australia (AFP) -- Skies…
6 years ago
Malaysia, Indonesia shut thousands of schools over forest fires haze
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AFP) -- Thousands of schools were shuttered across Malaysia and Indonesia Thursday, affecting at least 1.7…
7 years ago
Hundreds of schools shut as forest-fire haze blankets SE Asia
by Junus Nuh Agence France Presse JAMBI, Indonesia (AFP) -- Huge fires are raging across vast swathes of Indonesia's…
7 years ago
Indonesia forest fires surge, stoking global warming fears
by Dessy Sagita Agence France Presse PEKANBARU, Indonesia (AFP) -- The number of blazes in Indonesia's rainforests has jumped sharply,…
7 years ago
Brazil’s Bolsonaro authorizes army to help fight Amazon fires
by Carlos Fabal, with Allison Jackson in Rio de Janeiro Agence France Presse PORTO VELHO, Brazil (AFP) -- President…
7 years ago
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