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In a State Used to Hurricanes and Flooding, Louisiana Is Battling an Unprecedented Wildfire Season

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana, typically one of the wettest states in the country, is on fire. In communities often challenged by flooding and hurricanes this time of year, firefighters instead are fending off 300-foot-tall (91.44 meters) blazes during …

Heavy Rain Brings Flash Flooding to Parts of Massachusetts and Rhode Island

LEOMINSTER, Mass. (AP) — Heavy rainfall has flooded parts of Massachusetts and Rhode Island, with one city declaring a state of emergency as water poured into homes, creating moats around their foundations and leading to boat rescues of residents. Concern …

Greek Authorities Say a 77-Year-Old Man 11th Victim of Flooding, 6 Missing

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — The body of a missing 77-year-old man was found Saturday, raising the death toll from floods in central Greece to 11, authorities said. The number of missing increased to six, but there could be more. The …

Thousands of Young Scouts to Evacuate World Jamboree in South Korea as Storm Khanun Looms

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea will evacuate tens of thousands of scouts by bus from a coastal jamboree site as Tropical Storm Khanun looms, officials said Monday. More than 1,000 vehicles will be used starting Tuesday morning to …

Phoenix Hits Another 110-Degree Day and Wildfires Spread in California

PHOENIX (AP) — Phoenix sizzled through its 31st consecutive day of at least 110 degrees Fahrenheit (43.3 Celsius) and other parts of the country grappled Sunday with record temperatures after a week that saw significant portions of the U.S. population …

Greek Wildfires Trigger Blasts at Ammunition Dump. EU Agency Records Carbon Emissions Spike

HODES, Greece (AP) — Wildfires whipped on by strong winds triggered a series of major explosions Thursday at an air force ammunition dump in central Greece, but no injuries were reported as the site had been safely evacuated in advance, …

Typhoon Doksuri Leaves at Least 6 Dead and Displaces Thousands in the Northern Philippines

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Typhoon Doksuri lashed northern Philippine provinces with ferocious wind and rain Wednesday, leaving at least six people dead and displacing thousands of others as it blew roofs off houses, flooded low-lying villages and triggered dozens of …

Firefighting Plane Crashes in Greece as Blazes Rage out of Control and New Evacuations Are Ordered

RHODES, Greece (AP) — A Greek air force water-dropping plane crashed while diving into a wildfire in southern Greece on Tuesday, with both pilots feared dead, as authorities battled blazes that have been raging for days across the country amid …

New Evacuations Ordered in Greece as High Winds and Heat Fuel Wildfires

RHODES, Greece (AP) — A weeklong wildfire on the Greek resort island of Rhodes tore past defenses Monday, forcing more evacuations, as three major fires raged elsewhere in the country fueled by strong winds and successive heat waves that left …

Canadian Wildfires Hit Indigenous Communities Hard, Threatening their Land and Culture

EAST PRAIRIE METIS SETTLEMENT, Alberta (AP) — Carrol Johnston counted her blessings as she stood on the barren site where her home was destroyed by a fast- moving wildfire that forced her to flee her northern Alberta community two months …