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Explainer – How did the Hawaii wildfires start? What to know about the Maui and Big Island blazes

A view of the charred remains after wildfires engulfed the historic town of Lahaina, Maui, Hawaii, US, on 9th August, 2023.

Reuters Wildfires on Hawaii’s Maui island and Big Island have killed at least 55 people, forced thousands of residents and tourists to evacuate, and devastated the historic resort city of Lahaina. Here are some key questions and answers about the disaster. A view of the charred remains after wildfires engulfed the historic town of Lahaina, […]

Maui wildfire death toll rises to 67, leaves painful questions in its wake

A view of burned debris after wildfires devastated the historic town of Lahaina, Maui, Hawaii, US, on 10th August, 2023.

Maalaea, Hawaii Reuters Hawaiian officials on Friday were still trying to determine what caused a deadly wildfire to sweep through Lahaina on Maui island with terrifying speed, killing at least 67 and decimating the historic resort town with little warning to residents. The death toll was expected to rise as search teams combed through the […]

Updated: Maui wildfires death toll rises to 53

Views from the air of the community of Lahaina after wildfires driven by high winds burned across most of the town several days ago, in Lahaina, Hawaii, US, on 10th August, 2023.

Updated: 10:45am0am, 11th August, 2023 (AEST)Kahului, Hawaii, USReuters The death toll from a wildfire that has turned the resort town of Lahaina on Hawaii’s Maui island into smoldering ruins rose to 53 on Thursday, Maui County said. At least three major fires broke out on Maui on Tuesday night, cutting off the western side of […]

Maui wildfires kill six as “apocalypse” strikes Hawaiian paradise

A charred boat lies in the scorched waterfront after wildfires fanned by the winds of a distant hurricane devastated Maui's city of Lahaina, Hawaii, US, on 9th August, 2023.

Kahului, Hawaii, USReuters Wildfires fanned by winds of a distant hurricane killed at least six people and devastated much of Hawaii’s Maui island on Wednesday, forcing thousands to evacuate as some people fled into the ocean to escape the smoke and flames. Multiple neighbourhoods were burnt to the ground as the western side of the […]

Millions swelter across Iberian Peninsula…while storm continues to sweep over the Nordics

People queue in the sun outside Almudena Cathedral as they wait to enter the Royal Palace during the third heatwave of the summer in Madrid, Spain, on 8th August, 2023

Lisbon, Portigal/Madrid, Spain Reuters Millions of people in parts of Portugal and Spain opted to stay inside on Tuesday on the second day of a heatwave sweeping the Iberian Peninsula during peak tourist season that has spurred the spread of wildfires. People queue in the sun outside Almudena Cathedral as they wait to enter the […]

More than 1,000 evacuated as Portugal wildfire spreads

People watch a wildfire in Aljesur, Portugal, on 7th August, 2023.

Odemira, Portugal Reuters Hundreds of firefighters scrambled on Tuesday to put out a blaze raging in southern Portugal that has scorched thousands of hectares of land and forced the precautionary evacuation of around 1,400 people. The wildfire, currently being tackled by over 800 firefighters, started on Saturday in the municipality of Odemira, in the Alentejo […]

“My life stopped” – local people say they lost all in Greece wildfires

The destroyed restaurant of Dimitris Hajifotis is seen, as a wildfire burns on the island of Rhodes, Greece, on 26th July, 2023

Rhodes, Greece Reuters Standing outside the blackened shell of what used to be his restaurant, Dimitris Hajifotis laments a livelihood lost to wildfires raging on the Greek island of Rhodes this week. “My life now stopped,” he said. “Everything is taken by the fire.” The destroyed restaurant of Dimitris Hajifotis is seen, as a wildfire […]

After quake, Syria’s northern coast ravaged by wildfires

A firefighter attempts to extinguish a wildfire, in the northern countryside of Latakia, Syria, on 29th July, 2023.

Mashquita, Syria Reuters At 72, Syrian farmer Izzadin Zuhaira has survived war, displacement and a devastating earthquake in February. But the forest fires razing his home province of Latakia last week, turning his beloved orchards to ash, were the worst he had seen. “I’ve never seen any weather like this. The soil and the trees […]

Scorching heat wave bakes US as heat index soars past 38 degrees; Greece wildfires die down

A child takes shelter under an umbrella while another one plays with a water sprinkler, in Manhattan's Central Park, in New York City, US, on 28th July, 2023.

Chicago, USReuters Tens of millions of Americans were confronted with a one-two punch of brutally hot temperatures and oppressive humidity on Friday as an unrelenting heat wave settled over the midwest and East Coast and was expected to persist into the weekend. More than 175 million people in the US were under excessive heat warnings […]

Greece PM says climate change “not an excuse” as wildfires burn

An aerial view of houses among burned land, as a wildfire burns on the island of Rhodes, Greece, on 27th July, 2023.

Volos, Greece Reuters Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Thursday said Greece needed to take more steps to combat the effects of climate change as wildfires in the central part of the country flared up, forcing more evacuations after burning farms and factories overnight. The blazes across the country, which have been supercharged by strong winds […]

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