The pandemic did not come alone. Following the coronavirus, 2020 promises fires, floods, crop failures and a biblical plague of locusts for a warming planet. Natural disasters threaten hunger for poor countries and serious problems for Europe and the United States, meteorologists and international organizations warn. World Ocean…
Bushfires raging across Australia have burned more than 12 million acres (almost 5 million hectares) - an area roughly equal to the US states of Vermont and New Hampshire combined. Smoke from the fire in the southeast of the country is visible from space, and it spreads so far...
The new law protects homeowners in California, which suffers from wildfires, and its residents from refusals by insurers, writes Fox News. On Thursday, December 5, California barred insurance companies from ditching clients in areas affected by more than a dozen recent ...
Firefighters managed to take control of the Karr fire and keep it away from populated areas, so local authorities allowed some residents to return. However, tens of thousands of other people are still being evacuated. Carol Smith and her family went to their neighborhood ...
The authorities note that this year the intensity of fires in the state is much higher than last year. The Carr fire intensified and spread to 33 hectares. It is caused by high temperatures, erratic winds, dry air and vegetation. California faced intense heat that it never ...
Dr. Karen Relucio, Napa County's director of public health, is warning residents of burned areas about the deadly danger lurking in the ash and burned debris. “Think about all the hazardous materials in your home,” she said in an interview. — Your chemicals, pesticides, propane,...
Due to extreme heat in the western half of the United States, wildfires have been raging for several days, in particular in the states of California, New Mexico, Nevada and Oregon. The two largest fires were recorded in southern Arizona and Utah. 27 large fires destroyed more than 7 ...
Channel One correspondent Mikhail Akinchenko, while on a business trip in the Shirinsky region of Khakassia, was included in the police reports. A local resident wrote a statement against him to the police. According to the woman, on the eve of Akinchenko, being five meters from the village of Kolodezny, he threw a cigarette butt on the ground ...
Smoke from the Siberian fires that began in March reached the west coast of the United States. On April 17, the smoke was recorded in Washington state, and then spread to Oregon and California. The smoke was clearly visible from satellites on April 18 and 19. Due to massive fires ...