Fire
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Science
How Megafires Are Remaking the World
On Aug. 15, a small wildfire was detected in the hills above West Kelowna, in British Columbia. The landscape was…
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News
Wildfires: Stay Safe in a Warming World
Climate change is warming up the spring, lengthening the summer, and drying out soil and vegetation, leading to more frequent,…
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World
Investigators of Iraqi Wedding Hall Blaze Call for Officials to Be Fired
The fire that killed almost 120 people had been accidental, a report said, but occurred after a series of decisions…
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News
How to Go Camping: A Beginner’s Guide
For first-time campers, spending the night outside presents a planning wilderness, including figuring out what to bring. The following are…
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US
With Reported Missing in Maui Topping 1,000, Officials Will Release Names
Investigators in Hawaii hope that making the names public will narrow the search, as happened after the 2018 Camp fire,…
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US
Maui Knew Dangerous Wildfires Had Become Inevitable. It Still Wasn’t Ready.
It was the firestorm that wildfire experts and residents on Maui had warned about for years — a blaze fueled…
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World
British Columbia Wildfire in Photos: ‘A Long-Lasting Scar’
The fire-ravaged Canadian province of British Columbia was under a state of emergency for the second day, as a wildfire…
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News
Hawaii’s Next Disaster Doesn’t Have to Be So Ghastly
Hawaii has one of the most sophisticated tsunami warning systems in the world, fine-tuned over the course of almost 80…
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World
Wildfires Burning Out of Control Widen Canada Evacuations
As residents of Yellowknife fled a wildfire in the Northwest Territories, a state of emergency was issued hundreds of miles…
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US
Latest About the Maui Wildfires: Emergency Management Chief Resigns
The sudden departure comes a day after the chief defended not using outdoor alert sirens. The official death toll has…