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Eastern Canadian province imposes fire ban after blaze forces evacuation of town
Reuters via Yahoo News· 5 days agoThe Canadian Atlantic province of Newfoundland and Labrador on Thursday imposed a partial fire ban after an out-of-control blaze forced the evacuation of a town close to a ...
Frequency and magnitude of extreme wildfires have doubled in last 20 years, new study finds
ABC News via Yahoo News· 1 day agoMore research is emerging to show how much more severe wildfires have become in recent decades. The...
Villagers 'scared to death' by New Mexico wildfires
BBC via Yahoo News· 5 days agoContinent swelters under extreme heat The wildfires come as parts of North America grapple with the first heatwave of the season. More than 70 million...
Frequency and magnitude of extreme wildfires have doubled in last 20 years, new study finds
ABC News· 1 day agoThe frequency and magnitude of extreme wildfires -- the ones that cause the most damage to...
Why is the air quality so bad today? Wildfires worsen across the US
USA Today· 4 days agoAs of Friday, wildfires have burned more than 2.16 million acres across the country, according to the National Interagency Fire Center. With fire comes unhealthful smoke, ...
Canada evacuates maximum-security prison due to Quebec wildfires
Reuters· 2 days agoCanadian officials have evacuated 225 inmates from a maximum-security prison in Quebec due to intensifying forest fires in the area, the Correctional Service of Canada (CSC ...
60-year-old among 2 confirmed dead in New Mexico wildfires: 'He made friends everywhere'
ABC News· 6 days agoDual wildfires in New Mexico turned deadly, as state police announced Wednesday that two people were...
Summers with brutal heat, storms, wildfires and flooding are warning us about climate change
Chicago Sun-Times· 19 hours agoAre you one of the more than 100 million Americans who live somewhere that was (or still is) under a heat advisory? The world is reeling from the deadly impact of extreme heat and weather events ...
Quebec’s Port-Cartier maximum security prison evacuated as wildfire burns
Associated Press· 2 days agoWildfires burning in Quebec forced the evacuation of inmates from a maximum security prison, federal...
How Climate Change Is Punishing Asthma Sufferers
Time via Yahoo News· 5 hours ago“We see this interplay between ozone and hot weather,” says George. “That leads to lung inflammation, and it’s all kind of tied up in global warming.” ...
