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Ecuador Declares National Emergency Over Forest Fires, Water Shortage
Ecuador on Monday declared a national emergency due to water shortages, drought and forest fires that have razed more than 10,000 hectares in the south of the country so far this month.
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Pics: A Continent Ablaze - South America Surpasses Record For Forest Fires
South America is being ravaged by fire from Brazil's Amazon rainforest through the world's largest wetlands to dry forests in Bolivia, breaking a previous record for the number of blazes seen in a year up to September 11.
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Experts Warn Of Mental Health Woes As Wildfires Ravage South
Mental health experts say that escaping a fire-filled forest, as thousands did November 28 in the Great Smoky Mountains, can be more traumatic than disasters such as hurricanes, floods or earthquakes.
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Ecuador Declares National Emergency Over Forest Fires, Water Shortage
Ecuador on Monday declared a national emergency due to water shortages, drought and forest fires that have razed more than 10,000 hectares in the south of the country so far this month.
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Pics: A Continent Ablaze - South America Surpasses Record For Forest Fires
South America is being ravaged by fire from Brazil's Amazon rainforest through the world's largest wetlands to dry forests in Bolivia, breaking a previous record for the number of blazes seen in a year up to September 11.
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Experts Warn Of Mental Health Woes As Wildfires Ravage South
Mental health experts say that escaping a fire-filled forest, as thousands did November 28 in the Great Smoky Mountains, can be more traumatic than disasters such as hurricanes, floods or earthquakes.
