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US' Phoenix Breaks Heat Record With 113 Days Straight Over 100 Fahrenheit
The desert city of Phoenix, Arizona, suffered a record 113 straight days with temperatures over 100 Fahrenheit (38 Celsius) this year, leading to hundreds of heat-related deaths and more acres burned by wildfire across the state, officials said.
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Body Found Inside Burned-Out Athens Factory As Wildfire Continues To Spread
A woman's body was found early Tuesday inside a burned-out Athens factory, state news agency ANA said, in what is believed to be the first reported death from a disastrous wildfire that has scorched the city's northeastern suburbs.
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Air Pollution, Wildfires Linked To 135 Million Premature Deaths: Study
Pollution from man-made emissions and other sources like wildfires have been linked to around 135 million premature deaths worldwide between 1980 and 2020, a Singapore university said Monday.
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Firefighter Allegedly Used Cigarettes To Start Wildfires That Killed 130 In Chile
A volunteer firefighter and a Chilean forestry official have been formally accused by prosecutors with involvement in setting wildfires that engulfed central Chile this past February, killing over 130 people.
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Texas Battling Largest Wildfire In Its History
Texas emergency crews were struggling Thursday to contain the largest wildfire in the US state's history, with the blaze killing at least two people and scorching a million acres as it raged out of control.
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"It Was Raining Ash": Chile Wildfires Kill 112, Emergency Declared
The death count from central Chile's blazing wildfires jumped to at least 112 people on Sunday, after President Gabriel Boric warned the number would rise "significantly" as teams search destroyed neighborhoods.
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"Extreme" Wildfires Kill At Least 19 In Chile, State Of Emergency Declared
Wildfires blazing across central and southern Chile have left at least 19 people dead, officials said Saturday, warning the death count was likely to climb as responders comb through burnt-out homes and the flames continue to spread.
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18 Bodies Found In Villages Hit By Wildfires In Northern Greece
Eighteen burned bodies, possibly migrants, were found on Tuesday in a rural area in northern Greece where wildfires were burning out of control for a fourth day, authorities said, as gale force winds fanned blazes across the country.
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"I Am Hurt, The Source Should Apologise": Heath Streak On Rumours of His Death
Rumours of Heath Streak's death spread like wildfire on Wednesday morning. But, the former Zimbabwe captain, is alive.
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Hawaii Wildfires Trigger Climate Denial, Conspiracy Theories
Climate change-denying social media accounts are exploiting the deadly wildfires in Hawaii to push conspiracy theories that high-energy lasers were used to spark the flames.
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Nearly 100 Dead In Hawaii Wildfires, Only Quarter Of Ruins Searched So Far
The death count in Hawaii's wildfires rose to 99 and could double over the next 10 days, the state's governor said Monday, as emergency personnel painstakingly scoured the incinerated landscape for more human remains.
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Death Count In Hawaii Wildfires Nears 100, Over 2,200 Buildings Damaged
The death count in Hawaii from the deadliest US wildfire in more than a century ticked towards 100 Sunday, fueling criticism that government inaction contributed to the heavy loss of life.
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Jeff Bezos, Lauren Sanchez Donate $100 Million To Rebuild Maui After Devastating Wildfires
Ms. Sanchez took to social media to announce that she and the former Amazon CEO are ''heartbroken'' by the destruction and are creating a fund to help the Hawaiian island ''get back on its feet.''
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"Nobody Told Us Jack": Hawaii Residents As Wildfire Death Count Touches 89
The first Vilma Reed knew there was a fire bearing down on Lahaina was when she saw it a few yards (meters) from her house.
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93 Killed In Hawaii Wildfire That Could Be US's Deadliest In Over A Century
Anger was growing Saturday over the official response to an inferno that levelled a Hawaiian town, killing at least 93 people in the deadliest wildfire in the United States for over 100 years.
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US' Phoenix Breaks Heat Record With 113 Days Straight Over 100 Fahrenheit
The desert city of Phoenix, Arizona, suffered a record 113 straight days with temperatures over 100 Fahrenheit (38 Celsius) this year, leading to hundreds of heat-related deaths and more acres burned by wildfire across the state, officials said.
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Body Found Inside Burned-Out Athens Factory As Wildfire Continues To Spread
A woman's body was found early Tuesday inside a burned-out Athens factory, state news agency ANA said, in what is believed to be the first reported death from a disastrous wildfire that has scorched the city's northeastern suburbs.
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Air Pollution, Wildfires Linked To 135 Million Premature Deaths: Study
Pollution from man-made emissions and other sources like wildfires have been linked to around 135 million premature deaths worldwide between 1980 and 2020, a Singapore university said Monday.
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Firefighter Allegedly Used Cigarettes To Start Wildfires That Killed 130 In Chile
A volunteer firefighter and a Chilean forestry official have been formally accused by prosecutors with involvement in setting wildfires that engulfed central Chile this past February, killing over 130 people.
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Texas Battling Largest Wildfire In Its History
Texas emergency crews were struggling Thursday to contain the largest wildfire in the US state's history, with the blaze killing at least two people and scorching a million acres as it raged out of control.
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"It Was Raining Ash": Chile Wildfires Kill 112, Emergency Declared
The death count from central Chile's blazing wildfires jumped to at least 112 people on Sunday, after President Gabriel Boric warned the number would rise "significantly" as teams search destroyed neighborhoods.
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"Extreme" Wildfires Kill At Least 19 In Chile, State Of Emergency Declared
Wildfires blazing across central and southern Chile have left at least 19 people dead, officials said Saturday, warning the death count was likely to climb as responders comb through burnt-out homes and the flames continue to spread.
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18 Bodies Found In Villages Hit By Wildfires In Northern Greece
Eighteen burned bodies, possibly migrants, were found on Tuesday in a rural area in northern Greece where wildfires were burning out of control for a fourth day, authorities said, as gale force winds fanned blazes across the country.
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"I Am Hurt, The Source Should Apologise": Heath Streak On Rumours of His Death
Rumours of Heath Streak's death spread like wildfire on Wednesday morning. But, the former Zimbabwe captain, is alive.
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Hawaii Wildfires Trigger Climate Denial, Conspiracy Theories
Climate change-denying social media accounts are exploiting the deadly wildfires in Hawaii to push conspiracy theories that high-energy lasers were used to spark the flames.
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Nearly 100 Dead In Hawaii Wildfires, Only Quarter Of Ruins Searched So Far
The death count in Hawaii's wildfires rose to 99 and could double over the next 10 days, the state's governor said Monday, as emergency personnel painstakingly scoured the incinerated landscape for more human remains.
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Death Count In Hawaii Wildfires Nears 100, Over 2,200 Buildings Damaged
The death count in Hawaii from the deadliest US wildfire in more than a century ticked towards 100 Sunday, fueling criticism that government inaction contributed to the heavy loss of life.
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Jeff Bezos, Lauren Sanchez Donate $100 Million To Rebuild Maui After Devastating Wildfires
Ms. Sanchez took to social media to announce that she and the former Amazon CEO are ''heartbroken'' by the destruction and are creating a fund to help the Hawaiian island ''get back on its feet.''
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"Nobody Told Us Jack": Hawaii Residents As Wildfire Death Count Touches 89
The first Vilma Reed knew there was a fire bearing down on Lahaina was when she saw it a few yards (meters) from her house.
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93 Killed In Hawaii Wildfire That Could Be US's Deadliest In Over A Century
Anger was growing Saturday over the official response to an inferno that levelled a Hawaiian town, killing at least 93 people in the deadliest wildfire in the United States for over 100 years.
