Wildfires in Anchorage? Climate Change Sparks Disaster Fears May 1, 2023 By Mark Thiessen ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Research on a flat spot for air evacuations. Talk of old-style civil defense sirens to warn...
$1.6B Trial Starts Against Utility over Fatal 2020 Wildfires April 27, 2023 PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A trial connected to a $1.6 billion class action lawsuit against utility PacifiCorp over the catastrophic...
Pollution Lawsuit Could Curb Use of Aerial Fire Retardant April 24, 2023 By Matthew Brown BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A legal dispute in Montana could drastically curb the government’s use of aerial fire retardant to...
Spain’s Barcelona Faces Drought ‘Emergency’ in September April 19, 2023 By Joseph Wilson BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Authorities in Spain’s parched northeast warned Tuesday that Barcelona and a wide surrounding area that’s home...
Firefighters Battle France’s 1st Major Forest Blaze of 2023 April 18, 2023 PARIS (AP) — France’s government sounded the alarm Monday about the growing risk of forest fires because of climate change,...
Drought will Cause Crop Failures in Spain, Farmers Warn April 14, 2023 By Jennifer O'Mahony and Joseph Wilson MADRID (AP) — Drought now affects 60% of the Spanish countryside, with crops like wheat and barley likely to fail...
Spain: Long-Term Drought to Bring More Heatwaves, Wildfires March 20, 2023 By Ciarán Giles MADRID (AP) — Spain has officially entered a period of long-term drought, owing to high temperatures and low rainfall over...
La Nina, Which Worsens Hurricanes and Drought, is Gone March 10, 2023 By Seth Borenstein WASHINGTON (AP) — After three nasty years, the La Nina weather phenomenon that increases Atlantic hurricane activity and worsens western...
Chile Wildfires Spread amid Heat Wave as Death Toll Rises February 6, 2023 SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Chile extended an emergency declaration to yet another region on Saturday as firefighters struggled to control...
Colorado Lawmakers Look to AI to Detect Wildfires Earlier January 27, 2023 By Jesse Bedayn DENVER (AP) — A year after the most destructive wildfire in the state’s history scorched nearly 1,100 homes, Colorado lawmakers...