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Wildfires in Alberta off to an exponentially fast start compared to recent years
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Wildfires in Alberta off to an exponentially fast start compared to recent years

Devastating wildfires in Alberta have burned more than 150 times more area than in the last five years combined at…
The climate crisis is driving heat waves and wildfires. Here’s how
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The climate crisis is driving heat waves and wildfires. Here’s how

Brutal heat waves are gripping both Europe and the United States this week and are forecast to dump searing temperatures…
Peru’s Machu Picchu threatened by wildfire
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Peru’s Machu Picchu threatened by wildfire

Peruvian firefighters were fighting to contain a forest fire near the Incan ruins of Machu Picchu on Thursday, as the…
Disaster upon disaster: Wildfires are contaminating the West’s depleting water with ashy sludge
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Disaster upon disaster: Wildfires are contaminating the West’s depleting water with ashy sludge

(CNN) – Officials in Las Vegas, New Mexico, had barely finished battling the massive Calf Canyon-Hermits Peak wildfire earlier this…
Syria says it executed 24 for igniting deadly wildfires
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Syria says it executed 24 for igniting deadly wildfires

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syria has executed 24 people after convicting them on terrorism charges for igniting last year’s devastating…
Biden to survey wildfire damage, make case for spending plan
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Biden to survey wildfire damage, make case for spending plan

WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — President Joe Biden will promote his administration’s use of a wartime law to aid in wildfire…
Algeria detains 30 people over devastating wildfires
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Algeria detains 30 people over devastating wildfires

ALGIERS, Sept 8 (Reuters) – Algeria has detained 30 people, including seven members of a separatist group that the government…
Algeria arrests members of MAK separatist group after attacks
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Algeria arrests members of MAK separatist group after attacks

ALGIERS, Sept 6 (Reuters) – Algeria has arrested 27 suspected members of a separatist group that the government has declared…
Evacuations lifted for thousands in Tahoe as wildfire stalls
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Evacuations lifted for thousands in Tahoe as wildfire stalls

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. (AP) — Tens of thousands of people who fled South Lake Tahoe in the teeth of…
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