One of France's biggest wildfires this year has been stopped after more than 500 firefighters battled for two days to protect homes and lives, emergency services said Thursday.
Environment
Aug 15, 2019
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The flash flood that has killed thousands of people in Libya this week followed a "medicane", a rare but destructive weather phenomenon that scientists believe will intensify in a warming world.
Environment
Sep 14, 2023
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Spanish troops intervened Tuesday as a wildfire near the eastern city of Valencia spread to a nature reserve after laying waste to some 1,400 hectares (3,500 acres) of land, regional authorities said.
Environment
Jul 26, 2016
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Two-thirds of French water tables are below normal levels for June, Environment Minister Christophe Bechu said Wednesday, stoking fears of a repeat of 2022's tinder dry summer scarred by wildfires.
Environment
Jun 14, 2023
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More than 900 firefighters backed by aircraft were deployed on Friday to battle a massive blaze in France's southern Gard region that burned 600 hectares (1,500 acres) overnight.
Environment
Jul 8, 2022
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When Europeans retreated into their homes to observe strict stay-at-home rules to contain the coronavirus, dolphins and whales on the Mediterranean coast basked and thrived in a hitherto unknown calm.
Ecology
Jul 14, 2020
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Algerians in the fire-ravaged northeast were Thursday counting the cost of the blazes that killed 34 people, destroyed homes and reduced vast forest areas to scorched wastelands.
Environment
Jul 27, 2023
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