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wildfire
From record-breaking bushfires to devastating hurricanes, human-driven climate change keeps killing us.
‘Gentle giant’ George, roughed up by another koala, is showing the world what his breed really sounds like.
The last thing the president said about California's catastrophic wildfires was in mid-August, when he blamed the state for not keeping its forest floors clean.
The Creek Fire is raging to the park's south, burning 135,000 acres in California with zero containment.
The El Dorado Fire, which has burned more than 7,000 acres, was traced back to a smoke-generating device from the event, authorities said.
Photographer Karna Roa captured the newlyweds from Chicago, who got married over the weekend in Sonoma County, just miles away from the Kincade fire.
Wildfires in Russia’s Siberia continue to burn as emergency services fight to keep them under control. The country’s prime minister has ordered an investigation into the cause of the fires, which are currently burning over 3.1 million hectares of largely uninhabited forest.