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    Wildfire intensity rises across northern hemisphere

    Boreal forest blazes are being fuelled by warmer and drier conditions across Russia, Canada and the northern US

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  • Saturday, 19 August, 2023
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  • Monday, 14 August, 2023
    Hawaii wildfire death toll expected to continue rising

    US state governor warns final number of dead could be ‘impossible to guess’

    A man walks through wildfire wreckage in Lahaina on the island of Maui in Hawaii
  • Sunday, 13 August, 2023
    Deadliest US wildfires in a century claim 93 lives in Hawaii

    Toll expected to continue rising after blazes sweep through tropical island of Maui

    A man surveys a charred apartment complex in Lahaina
  • Friday, 11 August, 2023
    Death toll from Hawaii wildfires climbs to 55

    Firefighters are still battling multiple blazes across Maui, which have destroyed homes and businesses

  • Thursday, 10 August, 2023
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    Hawaii wildfires kill 36 as hurricane hampers rescue efforts

    Firefighters battle multiple blazes on Maui island that have destroyed homes and businesses

    A charred boat lies in the scorched waterfront after wildfires fanned by the winds of a nearby hurricane devastated Maui’s city of Lahaina, in Hawaii
  • Friday, 4 August, 2023
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    Canada’s emissions from wildfires more than double previous record

    Scientists note abnormal intensity of blazes as temperatures rise faster in northern hemisphere

    Aerial view of the Horsethief Creek wildfire, approximately 10kms (6.2 miles) west of Invermere, British Columbia, Canada
  • Wednesday, 26 July, 2023
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    Holidaymakers heading to Rhodes and Corfu this summer could struggle to get a refund

  • Tuesday, 25 July, 2023
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    Blistering heat across Mediterranean region spreads to dry and mountainous parts of north Africa

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  • Tuesday, 25 July, 2023
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    European and North American heatwaves ‘virtually impossible’ without climate change

    World Weather Attribution researchers forecast more frequent extreme weather events

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  • Monday, 24 July, 2023
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    Repatriation flights begin for tourists stranded on Rhodes

    Greek authorities battle against blazes in four different areas of the country

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  • Sunday, 23 July, 2023
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    Greece mounts mass evacuation from wildfire-hit Rhodes

    Some tour operators have cancelled flights to island after 19,000 flee, with Corfu also suffering

    Evacuees sit inside a stadium following their evacuation during a forest fire on the island of Rhodes
  • Thursday, 13 July, 2023
    FT Magazine
    Extreme wildfires are here to stay. Can human beings really fight them?

    Fighting for survival, and hope, on a permanently hotter planet

    A fire fighter and truck are seen against a terrifying backdrop of giant orange flames as a bushfire rages in New South Wales, Australia.
  • Friday, 9 June, 2023
    Canadian wildfire smoke jars New York with ‘movie of the future’

    Mayor blames climate change as pollution from burning forests disrupts schools, flights and shows

    People walk through haze in New York’s Central Park on Wednesday
  • Thursday, 8 June, 2023
    Smoke pall spreads from Canadian wildfires

    Flights temporarily halted into New York and Philadelphia as air pollution disrupts daily routines

    The US Capitol in Washington shrouded in smoke
  • Wednesday, 7 June, 2023
    Wildfire smoke makes New York air quality worst in world

    Plumes from burning Canadian forests move across North American cities and force residents indoors

    New York’s George Washington Bridge wreathed in smoke from the Canadian wildfires
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