Tag:Wildfires

Disaster Risk Management

Wildfires prompt evacuations in Turkey, US

Rescue workers evacuated a total of 1,025 people to safety from homes and hotels as a wildfire raged in the southern Turkish province of...

Michael Simire - September 8, 2022

Climate Change

Halima Imam: What we must do about floods and wildfires

Reservoirs, and rivers, in their thousands are disappearing on a global scale, glaciers keep melting and sea levels rise, many countries of the world...

Michael Simire - August 16, 2022

Disaster Risk Management

Concerns over heatwave as wildfires continue to flare up in Germany

Rain is necessary to ease the forest fire in Germany’s Saxon Switzerland national park that started more than a week ago, the local authority...

Michael Simire - August 2, 2022

Climate Change

Europe under deadly hot spell as wildfires displace thousands

Heat waves engulfing western and southern Europe show no sign of abating. Temperature records are expected to renew in some countries and the scorching sun...

Michael Simire - July 19, 2022

Disaster Risk Management

Forest fires raging across Portugal

Eleven larger forest fires were raging in various areas of Portugal on Thursday, July 14, 2022, the National Emergency and Civil Protection Authority (ANEPC)...

Michael Simire - July 14, 2022

Disaster Risk Management

Evacuations as forest fires rage in northern Spain

Around 1,000 residents from 12 villages in Navarre province in Northern Spain have been forced from their homes as firefighters battled forest fires in...

Michael Simire - June 20, 2022

Disaster Risk Management

Number of wildfires to rise by 50% by 2100, experts warn

Climate change and land-use change are projected to make wildfires more frequent and intense, with a global increase of extreme fires of up to...

Michael Simire - February 24, 2022

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Deadly wildfires, noise pollution causing widespread ecological damage, UNEP warns

The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) says deadly wildfires, noise pollution and other looming environmental threats could cause widespread ecological damage. UNEP, in a report published on Thursday,...

Michael Simire - February 19, 2022

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