Bushfire

March 08, 2024

Mysterious fires break out in Kakkayam since Tuesday after gaur killed farmer

The Fire & Rescue units are having a difficult time as the cause of the fires remain unknown.

February 14, 2024
Wild weather cuts power in Australia, sparks bushfire

Strong winds on Tuesday forced down transmission lines, tripping the generators at AGL's Loy Yang A power station. The outage impacted half a million properties, one of the largest in Victoria's history.
August 27, 2023
Devastating heatwave to become the norm in coming years: Study

The 2003 heatwave, which saw temperatures in Europe reach 47.5 degrees Celsius, was one of the worst natural disasters of recent decades.
August 14, 2023
Maui inferno: Explaining the deadliest wildfires in US history

Some actions can help to limit severe blazes, such as setting controlled fires that mimic the low-intensity fires in natural ecosystem cycles or introducing gaps within forests to stop blazes from rapidly spreading over large areas.
August 12, 2023
Lessons from Hawaii's Maui and Big Island blazes

The National Weather Service had issued warnings for the Hawaiian Islands for high winds and dry weather - conditions ripe for wildfires - which it cancelled later.
May 15, 2023
Know how a herd of firefighting goats is preventing deadly blazes in Chile

The technique, also used in Portugal and Spain, relies on grazing goats to control dry pastures and other vegetation that fuel forest fires in the summer.
June 29, 2021
Brazil redeploys military, bans fires to protect Amazon rainforest

Generally, criminals first cut down the valuable timber and later set fire to the area, clearing it for future agricultural use in speculative land grabs.

Bushfire

Mysterious fires break out in Kakkayam since Tuesday after gaur killed farmer

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Wild weather cuts power in Australia, sparks bushfire

Devastating heatwave to become the norm in coming years: Study

Maui inferno: Explaining the deadliest wildfires in US history

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Know how a herd of firefighting goats is preventing deadly blazes in Chile

Brazil redeploys military, bans fires to protect Amazon rainforest

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