Indonesia uses cloud seeding to fight El NiÑo fires
The government says cloud seeding, which uses substances such as silver iodide and salts to trigger rain, could help douse fires and rewet flammable peatlands.
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The government says cloud seeding, which uses substances such as silver iodide and salts to trigger rain, could help douse fires and rewet flammable peatlands.
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France, Greece, Portugal and Spain were also battling major fires over the weekend.
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More than 48,000 personnel have been deployed to fight fires in six provinces, while 43 helicopters and up to 15 fixed-wing aircraft have been mobilized for…
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Fires around Porto Germeno appear to have affected an area of over 10,000 hectares
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NAVALUENGA (AFP) — Firefighters in France and Spain raced Tuesday to contain massive wildfires before another heat wave forecast to bring hotter temperatures…
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The unprecedented fires in France and Spain were fuelled by forests left tinder dry by successive heatwaves.
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LEGE-CAP-FERRET, France (AFP) — Luggage-clad residents and tourists fled a French peninsula by boat and the smell of smoke drifted into parts of Madrid on…
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PARIS (AFP) — The world may be headed for a year of unusually severe wildfires driven by climate change and a potentially strong El Niño event, researchers…
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Many of the residents ‘were saved from the fire because they ran to the beach.’
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Spain this year sweltered through its hottest summer ever, the national meteorological agency AEMET said Tuesday, the latest in a string of global temperature…
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Spain on Thursday mourned its third wildfire death this week and Greece began beating back a blaze threatening its third-largest city as an…
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Las Médulas (AFP) — A young boy died of heatstroke in Italy while wildfires threatened a UNESCO site in Spain and French cities saw record temperatures, as a…
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Two years after a historically destructive wildfire season, Canada is once again grappling with widespread blazes that have already burned more land than the…
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The suspect’s daughter reportedly told investigators that her father tried to burn tree branches that were hanging over the graves of his grandparents with a…
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The destructive wildfires that hit South Korea are almost contained, according to Korean authorities on 28 March, following rains and cooler temperatures that…
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Beyond showcasing their talents, top South Korean artists have united to aid their fellow citizens in the aftermath of the deadliest wildfires in the country’s…
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Pope Francis offers his prayers for those who have been injured, and for “the relief efforts of the firefighters and other emergency personnel" in South…
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