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  150-year-old Banyan tree, largest in US, imported from India damaged in deadly Hawaii wildfires

  World | August 11, 2023 20:08 IST

  The 46-trunk tree was planted in Maui's Lahaina town in 1873 and currently is the size of an entire city block at a height of 60 feet.

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  Hawaii wildfires kill 36 people as strong winds from passing hurricane rages flames

  World | August 10, 2023 14:20 IST

  The fires were the latest in a series of problems caused by extreme weather around the globe this summer. Experts say climate change is increasing the likelihood of such events.

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  California: Helicopters crashed after colliding mid-air while fighting blaze in Cabazon I VIDEO

  World | August 07, 2023 12:07 IST

  Details were not immediately available on the number of injuries or fatalities. However, multiple media reported that two helicopters were involved in the fatal crash.

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  Greece: Canadair Plane crashes in Karystos as fires rage out of control; 2 killed I VIDEO

  World | July 25, 2023 19:24 IST

  Quoting state broadcaster ERT, it said the accident occurred over the town of Karystos on the island of Evia near Athens, where a fire has been burning.

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  25 killed, including 10 military personnel as wildfires rage through Algeria

  World | July 25, 2023 8:38 IST

  The wildfires spread across 16 regions of Algeria due to high winds, creating 97 blazes in different parts of the African nation.

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  Smog continues to blanket New York as wildfires blaze in Canada

  World | June 09, 2023 8:27 IST

  At points this week, air quality in places including New York, the nation’s most populous city, nearly hit the top of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s air-pollution scale.

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  Chile wildfires claim 22 lives so far, spreads amid heat wave

  World | February 05, 2023 7:40 IST

  The government declared a state of catastrophe in the La Araucanía region, which is south of Ñuble and Biobío.

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  Wildfire along California’s Big Sur forces evacuations

  World | January 23, 2022 8:06 IST

  The fire started on Friday night in a steep canyon and quickly spread toward the sea, fanned by strong winds up to 50 mph (80 kph).

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  Yearender 2021: Natural calamities that hit the world hard | SEE PICS

  World | December 30, 2021 15:09 IST

  As coronavirus pandemic raged on for the second year, a number of countries around the world battled a wave of extreme weather events from wildfire in California to floods in Australia.

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  After California wildfire, thousands of trees to be removed

  World | October 24, 2021 9:17 IST

  The hazard trees could potentially fall onto people and cars on section of State Route 180 known as Generals Highway, or they could create barriers for emergency and fire response, the Sequoia and Kings Canyon national parks said on Friday.

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  California wildfires: Caldor Fire scorches over 100,000 acres

  World | August 23, 2021 15:48 IST

  The currently most active fire in California cut a 64.3 km stretch of the Highway 50 in the Sierra Nevada Mountains area, said the Inciweb, an interstate incident information system, in an update on Sunday.  

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  Wildfire UPDATE: New round of winds fuel fury of Northern California

  World | August 22, 2021 13:01 IST

  The Caldor Fire in the northern Sierra Nevada already destroyed dozens of homes, and authorities on Friday closed down a 46-mile (74-km) stretch of Interstate 50, the main route between the state capital of Sacramento and Lake Tahoe on the Nevada state line.

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  Explosive California wildfires could burn into December

  World | August 21, 2021 9:25 IST

  California has already surpassed the acreage burned at this point last year, which ended up setting the record. Now it’s entering a period when powerful winds have often driven the deadliest blazes.

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  National forests closed as California wildfires surge

  World | August 20, 2021 16:28 IST

  The U.S. Forest Service announced Thursday that beginning on Aug. 22 it will close nine national forests from near Lake Tahoe at the Nevada border on the east all the way west to Six Rivers National Forest, which stretches north to the Oregon border and contains more than 1 million acres of land alone.

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  California wildfire season sets records, more damage expected

  World | August 20, 2021 13:55 IST

  California has already surpassed the acreage burned at this point last year, which ended up setting the record. 

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  Jerusalem covered in smoke as wildfire rages outside city

  World | August 15, 2021 21:30 IST

  The cloud stretched over much of the city on Sunday afternoon, covering the skies overhead with a black and orange blanket of smoke.  

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  Europe: Wildfires rage as heatwave hits several countries

  World | August 14, 2021 18:58 IST

  Experts have linked wildfires to record-high temperatures as Europe is in the midst of the heatwave due to the heat dome which is a high-pressure bubble that traps heat within a certain area.  

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  Wildfires in Algeria leave 42 dead, including 25 soldiers

  India | August 11, 2021 8:01 IST

  President Abdelmadjid Tebboune tweeted that the soldiers were “martyrs” who saved 100 people from the fires in two areas of Kabyle, the region that is home to the North African nation’s Berber population.

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  Weekend of fear looms for Californians in face of wildfires

  World | August 07, 2021 23:31 IST

  The Dixie Fire that incinerated much of the gold rush-era town of Greenville has destroyed more than 180 homes and is threatening more than 10,000 buildings in the northern Sierra Nevada. It had engulfed an area larger than the size of New York City.  

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  Greece wildfires rampage across country's last remaining forests | Photos

  World | August 07, 2021 16:16 IST

  Wildfires rampaged through some of Greece’s last remaining forests for yet another day Saturday, encroaching on more inhabited areas after burning scores of homes, businesses, and farms during the country’s worst heatwave in three decades. Ferries evacuated 1,153 people from a seaside village and beaches on Evia, an island of rugged, forested mountains popular with holidaymakers and campers, after approaching flames to cut off all other means of escape.