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More Than 1 Million Acres Burned in Raging Western Wildfires
At a Glance Oregon's Bootleg Fire has consumed more than 330 square miles.A blaze in Washington burned homes on tribal lands.Heat and drought have created extreme fire conditions. Blazing wildfires have burned through more than a million acres of land in a dozen states, destroying houses, forcing people from their homes and threatening tribal lands in their path. That equals about 1,500 square miles. About one third of that was burning in Oregon and Washington Wednesday, prompting the U.S. Forest...
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Death Toll in Europe Flooding Climbs to More Than 180
At a Glance More than 180 people were killed by a flood disaster in Europe.Most of the victims were in two German states.Rescuers continued to search through the rubble. The death toll from catastrophic flooding in Germany and Belgium rose to more than 180 Sunday as rescuers continued to search through the rubble of buildings, holding out hope of finding survivors. Southeastern Germany and Austria saw new flooding this weekend, though not on the scale of last week’s devastating onslaught....
Jet Fuel Shortage Could Affect Firefighting Efforts as Dozens of Large Fires Burn in the West
At a Glance Many smaller airports rely on trucks to deliver jet fuel.A shortage of drivers led to flight delays and cancellations at Fresno Yosemite International Airport.Large wildfires were burning across several western states Tuesday. With bone-dry vegetation and record heat already stoking dozens of ferocious wildfires across the western U.S., a shortage of jet fuel could affect aircraft crucial to firefighting efforts this season, industry experts say. “In the blink of an eye, we can have a fire here...
India Landslides, Flooding Leave More Than 100 Dead
This photograph provided by India's National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) shows NDRF personnel rescuing people stranded in floodwaters in Chiplun, in the western Indian state of Maharashtra, Friday, July 23, 2021. Landslides triggered by heavy monsoon rains hit parts of western India, killing at least five people and leading to the overnight rescue of more than 1,000 other people trapped by floodwaters, an official said Friday. (National Disaster Response Force via AP) At a Glance Multiple landslides killed dozens of...
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