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Malaysia declared a state of emergency due to haze
The Malaysian government on June 23 announced a state of emergency in the southern Muar and Ledang areas of the country, due to haze from Indonesian forest fires causing…
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'Fire attack' raged in America, thousands of people evacuated
Forest fires in many localities in East and Southern Colorado of the United States have caused thousands of people to evacuate and many houses completely burned down.
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Australia struggles to cope with erratic weather
Victoria continues to be the focus of intense forest fires. Firefighters in this state are constantly put on alert when the temperature rises to 37 degrees Celsius causi…
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100 people are missing because of forest fires in Australia
Australian police searched cities on Tasmania today to find 100 missing people after wildfires broke out in the south of the island.
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Heavy rain causes severe flooding and landslides in Slovenia
Extensive showers in Slovenia in recent days have caused hundreds of houses to be flooded and out of power, while causing serious landslides.
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Forest fires continue to rage in European countries
Two large wildfires occurred on Spain's northern border between France and Catalan from July 22, killing four people. All 4 victims are French. The Catalan government sa…
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Smoke and forest fires are assassins with humanity
An Australian scientist predicts that climate change will make the world's forests burn more and more and cause tremendous damage to human health and money.
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Large fires burned 1,500 hectares of forests in Chile
Chilean authorities on December 29 said a massive fire destroyed and damaged 1,500 hectares of forest in the Patagonia nature reserve in the south of the country, leavin…
Environment
The creature is destroyed by drought
Texas State, the United States is experiencing the worst drought in history. Trees that lack serious water are dying slowly, forest fires are constantly appearing in are…
Environment
NASA satellite discovered Niagara Falls is polluted
Not only water, but also pollutants originating from forest fires thousands of miles away in Ontario, Canada, are polluting the Niagara Falls on the border between the U…
Environment
Smoke from Indonesia threatens Malaysia
Malaysian officials reported smoke from Indonesian wildfires caused an increase in the level of air pollution in the 29 regions of Selangor state.
Environment
16 provinces with extremely high risk of forest fires
Because many days without rain, dry weather lasts so many forests in 16 provinces are at risk of extremely dangerous fire (level V).
Environment
Global warming has terrible consequences
Global warming can wipe out ¾ of the ice sheets in the highlands of Europe by 2100 and raise the sea level by 4m by 3000.
Environment
Warming earth causes forest fires
Global warming is making the Northern Hemisphere forest fires become more frequent and intense, contributing to increasing the risk of climate change quickly.
Environment
2010 is the record year of natural disasters
Floods in Pakistan, mass fires in Russia and super typhoons in Mexico show that natural disasters continue to set new records this year.