Wildfires in Canada have forced the displacement of thousands of residents. In Northern Quebec, evacuees from the Cree Nation recently returned home after the smoke cleared, only to evacuate yet again after the fires reignited days later.
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Photos: Wildfires in Greece, Italy, Tunisia and Algeria
Deadly blazes are raging across parts of Southern Europe and North Africa, including the Greek islands and Algeria.
Photos: Wildfires in Greece, Italy, Tunisia and Algeria
Deadly blazes are raging across portions of southern Europe and North Africa, including the Greek islands and Algeria.
Wildfires on Rhodes, Greece, Force Thousands to Evacuate
As firefighters fought blazes kindled by tinder-dry conditions, the authorities sent tourists and residents on Rhodes to schools, gyms and boats moored at the port for shelter.
Nova Scotia Flooding: At Least Four Remain Missing After Extreme Rain
Parts of the province recorded its heaviest rainfall since 1971. The flooding forced hundreds to evacuate, officials said.
‘It Could Have Been So Much Worse’: Mountain Collapse Narrowly Misses Swiss Village
Fifty million cubic feet of rock came to rest just shy of Brienz and its schoolhouse.
He Ran Sudan’s Iconic Acropole Hotel. Then He Had to Flee Khartoum.
Thanasis Pagoulatos led the family business, Khartoum’s oldest inn, through decades of tumult. Sudan’s latest breakdown proved too much.
Cyclone Biparjoy: India’s Death Toll Climbs to 5
A father and son were killed after being swept away by floodwaters, the authorities said. The storm weakened to the equivalent of a tropical storm after making landfall as a cyclone.
Canadian Wildfires Are Burning Where They Rarely Have Before
Of the more than 400 fires burning in Canada, more than one-third are in Quebec, which has little experience with so many and such large wildfires.
Canadian Wildfires Are Burning Where They Rarely Have Before
Of the more than 400 fires burning in Canada, more than one-third are in Quebec, which has little experience with so many and such large wildfires.