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Los Angeles wildfires cost Lloyd's of London $2.3bn
AFP, Published on 11/03/2025
» LONDON - Insurance market Lloyd's of London on Monday said it had taken a financial hit totalling about $2.3 billion from the Los Angeles wildfires earlier this year.
Goats: unlikely allies in California's fight against wildfires
AFP, Published on 12/07/2021
» GLENDALE, US: Their mission, should they choose to accept it, is simple: graze.
Wildfires highlight need for climate action, Biden says
AFP, Published on 31/07/2021
» WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden spoke Friday with governors of several western US states where severe wildfires are devastating communities, telling them the crisis highlights the urgent need for action to stem climate change.
Thick smoke over Athens as suburbs battle wildfires
AFP, Published on 04/08/2021
» ATHENS: Hundreds of firefighters, water-bombing planes and helicopters battled forest fires near Athens on Tuesday that saw villages evacuated and part of a major motorway closed, officials said.
Deadly wildfires reach Turkish power plant, sparking evacuations
AFP, Published on 05/08/2021
» MILAS (TURKEY) - A thermal power plant and its surrounding town on the Aegean Sea were being evacuated on Wednesday as a deadly wildfire that has ravaged Turkey for the past week engulfed its outer edge.
Wildfires rage as Algeria observes day of mourning
AFP, Published on 12/08/2021
» TIZI OUZOU (ALGERIA) - Blazes raged across northern Algeria on Thursday as the country observed a national day of mourning for dozens of people killed in the latest wildfires to sweep the Mediterranean.
California burning: Wildfires heat up governor recall vote
AFP, Published on 13/09/2021
» SOUTH LAKE TAHOE (UNITED STATES) - California is burning. Wildfires are tearing through the US state at an alarming rate and heating up the vote on recalling the embattled governor.
Hundreds of homes feared lost in Colorado wildfires
AFP, Published on 31/12/2021
» SUPERIOR (UNITED STATES) - Hundreds of homes are feared lost in fast-moving wildfires in the US state of Colorado, officials said Thursday, as flames tore through areas desiccated by a historic drought.
World must brace for more extreme wildfires: UN
AFP, Published on 23/02/2022
» PARIS: The number of major wildfires worldwide will rise sharply in coming decades due to global warming, and governments are ill-prepared for the death and destruction such mega-blazes trail in their wake, the UN warned Wednesday.
Heatwaves and wildfires to worsen air pollution: UN
AFP, Published on 07/09/2022
» GENEVA: More frequent and intense heatwaves and wildfires driven by climate change are expected to worsen the quality of the air we breathe, harming human health and ecosystems, the UN warned Wednesday.