Video Report: Wild Fires rage in Greece just north of Athens.
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Wild Fires rage in Greece
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Australian Dust storm hampers fire fighters in Queensland
On September - 23 - 2009 ADD COMMENTS
A MASSIVE dust storm engulfing southern Queensland has led to health concerns, traffic and airport delays, cancelled horse racing and delivered a blow to firefighting efforts.
Water-bombing helicopters were temporarily suspended this afternoon as the skies turned dusty orange.
Drivers were asked to slow down, hundreds of passengers were stranded at Brisbane Airport and horse racing at Eagle Farm was abandoned for jockey safety. Read More / Watch Video »
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Los Angeles: Post-wildfire floods and mudslide worries
On September - 7 - 2009 ADD COMMENTS
LOS ANGELES – Southern California’s huge wildfire has turned nearly a quarter of the 1,000-square-mile Angeles National Forest into a moonscape of barren mountains looming above thousands of homes that now face the threat of flash floods and mudslides.
Experts are already evaluating the extent of risk to lives and property as well the impacts of the wildfire on a forest ecosystem that in some areas may not have burned in at least a century.
Sprawled across the San Gabriel Mountains, the Angeles is both a playground for millions in greater Los Angeles and a true wilderness ranging from arid desert to alpine forests and peaks topping 10,000 feet. Read More / Watch Video »
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Bushfires continue to fan out around Los Angeles
On September - 4 - 2009 ADD COMMENTS
LOS ANGELES: Another day of scorching heat and low humidity saw bushfires continue to fan out around Los Angeles yesterday, frustrating firefighters with their unusually rapid and unpredictable spread.
Firefighters scrambled on multiple flanks to protect houses as well as the historic Mount Wilson Observatory and most of the transmitters for the city’s television and radio stations.
Lack of wind has kept the fire from driving into the suburbs northeast of Los Angeles so far but flames destroyed 53 houses and were threatening 12,000 more last night. Read More / Watch Video »
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California Wild Fires form Tornadoes of Fire
On September - 2 - 2009 ADD COMMENTS
Video Report: Recent Wild Fires in California have formed pillars of fire.
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California wild fires double in size
On September - 1 - 2009 ADD COMMENTS
Video Report: California wild fires have doubled in size.
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Los Angeles is on fire
On August - 31 - 2009 ADD COMMENTS
Video Report: Wild fires blowinto Los Angeles.
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Wildfires break out across Australian State
On August - 24 - 2009 ADD COMMENTS
A LARGE fire is burning in a southwest Queensland state forest as authorities warn of extreme fire conditions.
A total fire ban has been placed on southern Queensland as communities brace themselves for two days of extreme fire conditions.
Several grassfires were burning in the Inglewood, Roma and Warwick areas southwest of Brisbane today, as well as the Sunshine Coast, but were not endangering property.
An emergency services spokeswoman said the largest fire was burning at Pozieres State Forest, north of Stanthorpe.
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Thousands flee as winds fan wildfire near Athens
On August - 23 - 2009 ADD COMMENTS
A huge wildfire fanned by strong winds cut a swathe of destruction near Athens on Sunday, burning houses, razing large patches of forest and sending thousands fleeing their homes, authorities said.
Dark plumes of smoke hung over the Acropolis as the flames, raging unchecked for a second day, reached the Greek capital’s northern suburbs, testing state resources and the conservative government, which is facing a snap election by March.
“The fire is raging, rekindled by the constant change in the wind’s direction,” said fire brigade spokesman Giannis Kapakis. Read More / Watch Video »
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Wicked Wildfires continue raging in Spain and Portugal
On August - 21 - 2009 ADD COMMENTS
MADRID (AFP) – - Hundreds of firefighters battled to control wildfires in Spain and Portugal Thursday, as a massive blaze raged for a third day in a military zone, officials said.
Some 300 firefighters and soldiers backed by 18 water-dropping aircraft were deployed in Spain’s northeastern Aragon region to control a fire that broke out Tuesday inside the military camp at San Gregorio near the city of Zaragoza.
The head of the forestry department in the Aragon region, Alberto Contreras, said firefighters had halted the advance of the flames on one front that was heading toward a pine forest near the town of Zuera. Read More / Watch Video »
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Wild Fires hit Athens
On August - 21 - 2009 ADD COMMENTS
Video Report: Wild Fires hit Athens
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Wind spreads California wild fires
On August - 16 - 2009 ADD COMMENTS
Video Report: Wind spreads California wild fires.
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Wildfires spread to Indonesian conservation forests
On August - 16 - 2009 ADD COMMENTS
INDONESIA: Forest fires in Central Kalimantan have escalated and spread to natural resources-rich conservation areas.
Early warning official at the provincial Natural Resources Conservation Agency, Andreas Dody, said Saturday the fires had affected Sebangau National Park, Sungai Lamandau Nature Conservatory and Bukit Tangkiling Park.
Dody said the fires were spreading.
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Hundreds flee Californian fires
On August - 14 - 2009 ADD COMMENTS
Video Report: A wildfire in the Santa Cruz mountains of northern California has forced about 600 people to flee their homes.
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Australian Senate votes down emission trading scheme
On August - 14 - 2009 ADD COMMENTS
The Australian Senate on Thursday rejected an emissions trading scheme that aims to cut carbon pollution by up to 25 percent over the next decade, paving the way for a possible early election.
The conservative opposition joined forces with the Greens and independent senators to vote down the planned scheme 42 votes to 30.
Climate Change Minister Penny Wong condemned the decision, accusing the opposition of fear-mongering about the impact of the proposed scheme, which the government wants finalised before UN climate talks in Copenhagen in December. Read More / Watch Video »
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Severe Summer Wildfires claim 250,000 hectares of Europe’s forests
On August - 11 - 2009 ADD COMMENTS
Europe has lost at least 250,000 hectares of forest to fires this summer, a higher rate of attrition than last year, and national governments must act as global warming takes its toll, the EU warned Monday.
“During the next few days the fire danger will remain very high in many Mediterranean areas,” the European Commission warned.
So far this summer, Spain and Italy have been most affected because of the extreme fire weather conditions in the second half of July.
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