Historic Cabins In Montana Destroyed By Wildfires 15 August 2018 Published by https://www.npr.org/ USA – In Montana, the Howe Ridge Fire has burned nearly all the cabins at Kelly’s Camp which is listed as a historic district on the National Register of Historic Places. TRANSCRIPT AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: Wildfires are burning across the western U.S. from […]
NSW bushfires: Bega, Ulladulla and Nowra fires downgraded but still out of control 15 August 2018 Published by http://www.abc.net.au/ AUSTRALIA – A large, out-of-control bushfire continued to burn near Bega on Wednesday evening despite easing conditions, with the NSW Rural Fire Service (RFS) saying it would monitor the blaze overnight. Key points: Strong winds are fanning […]
South Kivu: 80 affected households are unassisted in Kadutu 14 August 2018 Published by https://digitalcongo.net/ DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO – At least 80 households, whose houses were destroyed by a fire that broke out Friday, August 10 in Funu, Mosala district in Kadutu commune, North Kivu province, are unassisted, says the head of the district. Food and […]
‘Roads are money, and without the roads open, we die’: California wildfire closures lead to massive tourism losses for businesses near Yosemite 12 August 2018 Published by https://www.businessinsider.com/ USA – For the past two weeks, a wildfire has forced much of Yosemite National Park in California to close, with smoke blanketing its famous rock formations […]
California Wildfire Victims Face Higher Rebuilding Costs Because of President Trump’s Tariffs 11 August 2018 Published by http://time.com/ USA – (SANTA ROSA, Calif.) — Add this to the challenges facing California wildfire victims: Tariffs. The import tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump are adding thousands of dollars to the cost of building homes. That especially squeezes […]
Smoke from California wildfires reaches East Coast as firefighters continue to battle flames 11 August 2018 Published by http://www.foxnews.com/ USA – A smoky haze caused by the California wildfires stretching from the foothills of the Sierra Nevada mountain range to Sacramento and San Francisco appears to have drifted as far east as New York and parts […]
Canada in 2030: Playing with fire 11 August 2018 Published by https://www.theweathernetwork.com/ CANADA – West coast fires have dominated weather news lately – California is experiencing the biggest fire that the state has ever seen and as of Wednesday British Columbia had 460 wildfires burning, which is more active fires than any single day of 2017, the year of […]
Fire fighting aircraft grounded after personal drone nearly crashes into helicopter working Idaho fire, US 10 August 2018 Published by http://www.fireandrescue.co/ USA – While battling a nearly 100 000-acre wildfire on Wednesday, 1 August 2018, a helicopter assigned to the Grassy Ridge Fire in eastern Idaho nearly collided with a privately-owned drone flying nearby. The […]
Latest: The Forest Service’s use of fire retardant has doubled since 2014 10 August 2018 Published by https://www.hcn.org/ USA – BACKSTORY In 2011, prompted by lawsuits from a nonprofit dedicated to national forests, the U.S. Forest Service released a study on the ecological impacts of fire retardant. Aerial drops are “one of the most important tactical […]
Early arrival – Bushfire season has been declared two months early 10 August 2018 Published by https://mozo.com.au/ AUSTRALIA – But only just last week it was confirmed that bushfire season had already begun in both Queensland and NSW, with bushfires hitting NSW two months earlier than expected due to record low July rainfall. “It is a […]
