#wildfires

One-third of forests aren’t growing back after wildfires by Eric Holthaus

December 16, 2017 // 0 Comments

One-third of forests aren’t growing back after wildfires. Forests in the American West are having a harder time recovering from wildfires because of (what else?) climate [...]

Horrendous NW Wildfires – Climate & Extreme Weather News #62 (September 1st to 4th 2017) – Understanding Climate Change

September 5, 2017 // 0 Comments

These wildfires in Cali are just heartbreaking. One million acres on fire. Hell The [...]

Fort McMurray wildfire finally extinguished after 15 months | Edmonton Journal

September 3, 2017 // 0 Comments

Fort McMurray — After 458 days, the Horse River fire that destroyed thousands of homes and scattered tens of thousands of people across Canada is finally dead. The fire — [...]

Largest wildfire in Los Angeles history forces hundreds to evacuate

September 3, 2017 // 0 Comments

LOS ANGELES, Sept 2 (Reuters) – A wildfire on the northern edge of Los Angeles rapidly grew on Saturday into what the mayor called the largest blaze in the city’s [...]

Climate & Extreme Weather News #60 (August 26th to 29th 2017) – Understanding Climate Change

August 30, 2017 // 0 Comments

0:14 The USA: Houston flood and California heatwave 25:02 China: Typhoon Pakhar; landslide & floods 34:21 India: Mumbai flooding 39:25 Zakynthos, Greece; Wildfire 41:48 [...]

State of emergency in British Columbia extended as wildfires rage

July 21, 2017 // 0 Comments

VANCOUVER (Reuters) – British Columbia’s government took the unprecedented step on Wednesday of extending a state of emergency by two weeks as it battled 140 [...]

Active Fire Mapping Program

July 17, 2017 // 0 Comments

National Preparedness Level Level 4 National Fire Activity Initial activity: Light (176) new fires New large incidents: 10 Large fires contained: 9 Uncontained large fires: [...]

120 Degrees! Western Wildfires Explode With Triple-Digit Heat Wave on the Way – NBC News

June 18, 2016 // 0 Comments

Heat advisories and warnings are in effect for 66 million Americans — about a fifth of the entire U.S. population. Source: 120 Degrees! Western Wildfires Explode With [...]

Canada’s Trophy: ‘The Beast Continues to Burn Out of Control’

May 20, 2016 // 0 Comments

The wildfire that ravaged parts of the tar sands town of Fort McMurray in Alberta seemed to have done its worst. But in recent days it has returned and Source: ‘The [...]

The Fort McMurray Blaze Set the Stage for Even Bigger, Hotter Wildfires | TakePart

May 14, 2016 // 0 Comments

As is true south of the border, Canada’s wildfires are getting bigger, and the annual wildfire season is growing longer. In the past week, the blaze firefighters [...]

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