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Flash flooding hits US parks, southern states in latest weather disasters
AFP, Published on 23/08/2022
» LOS ANGELES: A hiker swept away in flash floods and torrential rain was still missing Monday as a weekend of storms forced hundreds to evacuate in the latest weather disasters to hit national parks in the United States.
'Tornado of fire': Algeria forest blazes kill 38
AFP, Published on 19/08/2022
» EL KALA (ALGERIA) - Algerian firefighters battled Thursday to rein in forest fires that have ravaged large parts of the drought-hit North African country, killing almost 40 people including 12 who died in a bus trapped by the flames.
Ice-age footprints shed light on North America's early humans
AFP, Published on 12/08/2022
» LOS ANGELES - Footprints laid down by Ice-Age hunter-gatherers and recently discovered in a US desert are shedding new light on North America's earliest human inhabitants.
France gets help from EU neighbours as wildfires rage
AFP, Published on 12/08/2022
» HOSTENS (FRANCE) - Firefighting teams and equipment from six EU nations started to arrive in France on Thursday to help battle a spate of wildfires, including a fierce blaze in the parched southwest that has forced thousands to evacuate.
Arson suspected as huge French wildfire reignites
AFP, Published on 11/08/2022
» LANDIRAS (FRANCE) - A wildfire that officials thought was under control in southwest France has reignited amid a record drought and extreme heat, possibly the result of arson, officials said Wednesday.
Heat, drought rekindle huge wildfire in southwest France
AFP, Published on 10/08/2022
» BORDEAUX: A fire that destroyed thousands of hectares of tinder-dry forest in southwest France has flared again amid a fierce drought and the summer's latest wave of extreme heat, officials said Wednesday.
Stranded beluga whale removed from France's Seine river: AFP
AFP, Published on 10/08/2022
» SAINT-PIERRE-LA-GARENNE (FRANCE) - The beluga whale stranded in the river Seine in northern France was removed from the water early Wednesday in the first stage of an ambitious rescue operation, an AFP journalist said.
Record rainfall, flooding in Seoul kill 7
AFP, Published on 09/08/2022
» SEOUL: Subway stations and major roads were underwater in the South Korean capital Seoul after record-breaking rains caused severe flooding, with at least seven people dead and seven more missing, officials said Tuesday.
Greek firefighters in uphill battle to save famed natural park
AFP, Published on 25/07/2022
» ATHENS - Greek firefighters on Monday battled a raging fire threatening the Dadia National Park, known for its black vulture colony, as the country scorched under a blistering heatwave.
US heat wave soars as California wildfire rages
AFP, Published on 24/07/2022
» LOS ANGELES - Tens of millions of Americans already baking in a scorching heat wave braced Saturday for record-setting temperatures to climb, while a major fire ravaged part of California.